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<p>Fourth of July comes at a weird time this year. Yes, <a href="https://www.someecards.com/life/lifestyle/trump-fourth-of-july-2018/">the Fourth of July </a>is always on July 4th, with the<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/us/politics/border-center-migrant-detention.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=Homepage"> federal government confirming</a> that the federal government keeps immigrants in inhumane conditions</p><p>Some people are already feeling uneasy about the festival of flag-waving while <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/news/aoc-fox-news-brian-kilmeade-concentration-camps-house-parties/">children are in cages behind armed guards.</a></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I cannot celebrate the Fourth of July while children are languishing in concentration camps in Texas. If we can look at fireworks knowing the situation is going on, we are not a great nation. This is a diversion. Do not go. Do not watch. Do not listen. <a href="https://t.co/hz0k885NxX">https://t.co/hz0k885NxX</a></p>&mdash; Charles Stanley (@CharlesKStanley) <a href="https://twitter.com/CharlesKStanley/status/1146237708160905216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">cant wait til tomorrow, when we all dress in american flag clothing <a href="https://t.co/uysGS1OPKJ">pic.twitter.com/uysGS1OPKJ</a></p>&mdash; jack allison (@jackallisonLOL) <a href="https://twitter.com/jackallisonLOL/status/1146404479996063744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Life is rough, but you still deserve a break. Although not everybody is free this Independence Day, you&#39;re still entitled to some good times. You&#39;re only human after all.</p><p>Even if you feel a bit of guilt wrapped in anxiety wrapped in anger at America&#39;s current government, there are still ways to have fun this holiday without turning into a</p><h2><span style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; letter-spacing: -0.02em;">1. Drink.</span></h2><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Warner Brothers Pictures" data-attribution-url="" height="520" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/2e81970e777d3d8ac23da276575013ec-4NY9tk.jpg" width="900" /></div><div class="image-attribution">Warner Brothers Pictures</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Get drunk. Drink responsibility, but get drunk. Alcohol is a special sauce that will help you forget about the magnitude of human suffering in this country and on the planet for at least an hour.</p><p><span style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; letter-spacing: -0.02em;">Existential angst pairs perfectly with ros&eacute;. Just ask the women of <em>Big Little Lies. </em></span></p><h2><span style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; letter-spacing: -0.02em;">2. Make a donation.</span></h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I just donated to <a href="https://twitter.com/RAICESTEXAS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RAICESTEXAS</a> to counteract my own goddamn tax dollars funding the ineptitude and criminal negligence of Customs and Border Protection, who are separating families and detaining children in inhumane conditions. I hope you’ll do the same: <a href="https://t.co/NvqIrC3dOX">https://t.co/NvqIrC3dOX</a></p>&mdash; Andy Greenberg (@a_greenberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/a_greenberg/status/1142917710147440641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Offset your guilt by doing something that directly helps the people in need, Donate to <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/groups/raices-refugee-and-immigrant-center-for-education-and-legal-services">RAICES</a> (The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services). Give money to help <a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/flightsforfamilies">reunite families.</a> Contribute to a presidential candidate who respects human rights and sees immigrants as people, too!</p><h2>3. Plan to attend a protest.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/By_swfFBhrb/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:16px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/By_swfFBhrb/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;" target="_blank"> <div style=" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; 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margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lights4liberty/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;" target="_blank"> Lights4Liberty</a> (@lights4liberty) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2019-06-22T02:30:12+00:00">Jun 21, 2019 at 7:30pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>A coalition of groups including chapters of the ACLU and Women&#39;s March are hosting an event next Friday called <a href="https://www.lightsforliberty.org/">Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Concentration Camps</a>. The vigil &quot;will bring thousands of people to locations worldwide as well as to concentration camps across country, into the streets and into their own front yards, to protest the inhumane conditions faced by migrants.&quot; There are<a href="https://www.lightsforliberty.org/localevents"> local events planned</a> everywhere from Alaska to France.</p><h2>4. Drink some more.</h2><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Comedy Central" data-attribution-url="" height="431" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/drinkingwine-aK2IY4.jpg" width="767" /></div><div class="image-attribution">Comedy Central</div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Don&#39;t drink and drive, but drink. Wine is good for the cardiovascular system or whatever.</p><h2>5. Avoid Trump&#39;s tank parade.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Big 4th of July in D.C. “Salute to America.” The Pentagon &amp; our great Military Leaders are thrilled to be doing this &amp; showing to the American people, among other things, the strongest and most advanced Military anywhere in the World. Incredible Flyovers &amp; biggest ever Fireworks!</p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1146062242388959238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 2, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>While North Korea didn&#39;t make any concessions during Kim Jong Un&#39;s summit with Trump, it looks like the president did get something out of the meeting: ideas!!!</p><p>Trump is hosting a big military parade in Washington, D.C., complete with tanks in the streets, and taxpayer funds corruptly being used to<a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/RNC-Receives-VIP-Tickets-to-Trumps-Fourth-of-July-Celebration-DNC-Does-Not-512118972.html"> favor Republican donors! </a></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Actually seeing the tanks roll in turns out to be so much more disturbing than I imagined<br> <a href="https://t.co/84n3cZo69n">pic.twitter.com/84n3cZo69n</a></p>&mdash; 🧪🍓𝚂𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚎🦠🔬𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝚝𝚏 𝚞𝚙 (@MythSerene) <a href="https://twitter.com/MythSerene/status/1146262771304210438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-gives-tickets-to-trumps-july-fourth-extravaganza-to-gop-donors/2019/07/02/9109a566-9ce0-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html?utm_term=.5c991416a1e2"><em>The Washington Post </em></a>reports that the National Park Service is diverting $2.5 million that otherwise would be spent on upkeep for natural wonders to help the president feel big and strong. <a href="https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1146422304093745152"><em>CNN </em></a>reports that military chiefs are pissed about being politicized like this. Reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1146423345249959937">Maggie Haberman</a> says that administration officials are worried that the crowds might not show up, making the event an &quot;inauguration redux,&quot; so let&#39;s prove him right!</p><p>Not watching the event on TV may seem like a small act of #Resistance, but it would be a big deal for the small president.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

How to celebrate the Fourth of July when you feel weird about America right now. Lots of drinking.

Fourth of July comes at a weird time this year. Yes, the Fourth of July is always on July 4th, with the federal government confirming that the federal government keeps immigrants in inhumane conditionsSome people are already feeling uneasy about the festival of flag-waving while children are in cages behind armed guards.I cannot celebrate the Fourth of July while children are languishing in concentration camps in Texas. If we can look at fireworks knowing the situation is going on, we are not a great nation. This is a diversion. Do not go. Do not watch. Do not listen. https://t.co/hz0k885NxX&mdash; Charles Stanley (@CharlesKStanley) July 3, 2019 cant wait til tomorrow, when we all dress in american flag clothing pic.twitter.com/uysGS1OPKJ&mdash; jack allison (@jackallisonLOL) July 3, 2019 Life is rough, but you still deserve a break. Although not everybody is free this Independence Day, you&#39;re still entitled to some good times. You&#39;re only human after all.Even if you feel a bit of guilt wrapped in anxiety wrapped in anger at America&#39;s current government, there are still ways to have fun this holiday without turning into a1. Drink.Warner Brothers PicturesGet drunk. Drink responsibility, but get drunk. Alcohol is a special sauce that will help you forget about the magnitude of human suffering in this country and on the planet for at least an hour.Existential angst pairs perfectly with ros&eacute;. Just ask the women of Big Little Lies. 2. Make a donation.I just donated to @RAICESTEXAS to counteract my own goddamn tax dollars funding the ineptitude and criminal negligence of Customs and Border Protection, who are separating families and detaining children in inhumane conditions. I hope you’ll do the same: https://t.co/NvqIrC3dOX&mdash; Andy Greenberg (@a_greenberg) June 23, 2019 Offset your guilt by doing something that directly helps the people in need, Donate to RAICES (The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services). Give money to help reunite families. Contribute to a presidential candidate who respects human rights and sees immigrants as people, too!3. Plan to attend a protest.         View this post on Instagram           July 12, 2019 Stand With Us #DontLookAway A post shared by  Lights4Liberty (@lights4liberty) on Jun 21, 2019 at 7:30pm PDTA coalition of groups including chapters of the ACLU and Women&#39;s March are hosting an event next Friday called Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Concentration Camps. The vigil &quot;will bring thousands of people to locations worldwide as well as to concentration camps across country, into the streets and into their own front yards, to protest the inhumane conditions faced by migrants.&quot; There are local events planned everywhere from Alaska to France.4. Drink some more.Comedy CentralDon&#39;t drink and drive, but drink. Wine is good for the cardiovascular system or whatever.5. Avoid Trump&#39;s tank parade.Big 4th of July in D.C. “Salute to America.” The Pentagon &amp; our great Military Leaders are thrilled to be doing this &amp; showing to the American people, among other things, the strongest and most advanced Military anywhere in the World. Incredible Flyovers &amp; biggest ever Fireworks!&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 2, 2019 While North Korea didn&#39;t make any concessions during Kim Jong Un&#39;s summit with Trump, it looks like the president did get something out of the meeting: ideas!!!Trump is hosting a big military parade in Washington, D.C., complete with tanks in the streets, and taxpayer funds corruptly being used to favor Republican donors! Actually seeing the tanks roll in turns out to be so much more disturbing than I imagined pic.twitter.com/84n3cZo69n&mdash; 🧪🍓𝚂𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚎🦠🔬𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝚝𝚏 𝚞𝚙 (@MythSerene) July 3, 2019 The Washington Post reports that the National Park Service is diverting $2.5 million that otherwise would be spent on upkeep for natural wonders to help the president feel big and strong. CNN reports that military chiefs are pissed about being politicized like this. Reporter Maggie Haberman says that administration officials are worried that the crowds might not show up, making the event an &quot;inauguration redux,&quot; so let&#39;s prove him right!Not watching the event on TV may seem like a small act of #Resistance, but it would be a big deal for the small president.

Fourth of July comes at a weird time this year. Yes, the Fourth of July is always on July 4th, with the federal government confirming that the federal government keeps immigrants in inhumane conditions  Some people are already feeling...