{"id":18730,"date":"2025-07-04T12:32:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T16:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2025\/07\/july-fourth-two-thousand-twenty-five\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T12:32:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T16:32:58","slug":"july-fourth-two-thousand-twenty-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2025\/07\/july-fourth-two-thousand-twenty-five\/","title":{"rendered":"July Fourth, Two Thousand Twenty Five."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fourth of July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"973\" data-attachment-id=\"18726\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2025\/07\/july-fourth-two-thousand-twenty-five\/20250227_1438411658830498462331216\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250227_1438411658830498462331216.jpg?fit=2000%2C1986&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1986\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20250227_1438411658830498462331216\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250227_1438411658830498462331216.jpg?fit=1024%2C1017&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250227_1438411658830498462331216.jpg?fit=980%2C973&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250227_1438411658830498462331216.jpg?resize=980%2C973&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250227_1438411658830498462331216.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250227_1438411658830498462331216.jpg?resize=1024%2C1017&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250227_1438411658830498462331216.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250227_1438411658830498462331216.jpg?resize=768%2C763&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250227_1438411658830498462331216.jpg?resize=1536%2C1525&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250227_1438411658830498462331216.jpg?resize=210%2C210&amp;ssl=1 210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250227_1438411658830498462331216.jpg?resize=1960%2C1946&amp;ssl=1 1960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I gotta say&#8230;I may grill up some burgers today and smoke a little extra weed (if that&#8217;s even possible). But this is not a year to celebrate freedom and liberty, when we have lost them both, our Capitol and government in the hands of TRAITORS.<br><br>We are victims of a Treasonous Coup.<br>Powered by billionaires and unlimited money to buy the mass media manipulation of America they needed to &#8216;win&#8217;. Now they seek to destroy everything we&#8217;ve worked to build, all so a few thousand rich people can get even richer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"688\" data-attachment-id=\"18727\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2025\/07\/july-fourth-two-thousand-twenty-five\/6e37ecb9-84ba-4ea1-99a4-d1cebd5a12855616265267557257323\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6e37ecb9-84ba-4ea1-99a4-d1cebd5a12855616265267557257323.png?fit=720%2C688&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,688\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"6e37ecb9-84ba-4ea1-99a4-d1cebd5a12855616265267557257323\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6e37ecb9-84ba-4ea1-99a4-d1cebd5a12855616265267557257323.png?fit=720%2C688&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6e37ecb9-84ba-4ea1-99a4-d1cebd5a12855616265267557257323.png?fit=720%2C688&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6e37ecb9-84ba-4ea1-99a4-d1cebd5a12855616265267557257323.png?resize=720%2C688&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6e37ecb9-84ba-4ea1-99a4-d1cebd5a12855616265267557257323.png?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/6e37ecb9-84ba-4ea1-99a4-d1cebd5a12855616265267557257323.png?resize=210%2C201&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>The people no longer have representation. Both parties have overwhelmingly served the elite for years, and people&#8217;s voice has been routinely ignored to favor corporate profits and political corruption. Now that corruption has grown into total control by the most corrupt party. The party willing to do ANYTHING to win. <br>And here we are. King Trump and his MAGA court of violent trolls and fools. <br>Predictable. If you know history.<br><br>249 years ago we said NO on July 4th, 1776.<br>We said FUCK YOU to a King who sought to exploit us. Control us. Who sent military troops into our streets, to scare us into submission.<br><br>Today, masked secret police are disappearing people to concentration camps without due process. Troops are in the streets again. To scare us into submission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"972\" height=\"729\" data-attachment-id=\"18728\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2025\/07\/july-fourth-two-thousand-twenty-five\/img_20250702_110903_5679107838389045170687\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250702_110903_5679107838389045170687.jpg?fit=972%2C729&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"972,729\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_20250702_110903_5679107838389045170687\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250702_110903_5679107838389045170687.jpg?fit=972%2C729&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250702_110903_5679107838389045170687.jpg?fit=972%2C729&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250702_110903_5679107838389045170687.jpg?resize=972%2C729&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250702_110903_5679107838389045170687.jpg?w=972&amp;ssl=1 972w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250702_110903_5679107838389045170687.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250702_110903_5679107838389045170687.jpg?resize=210%2C158&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 972px) 100vw, 972px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>A self-proclaimed king sits in the Oval Office. In OUR Whitehouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The People will serve No King nor Corporate Overlord. <br>Not ever.<br>Not in America. <br>July 4th, 2025. This year, it&#8217;s not about burgers and beer, and waving the flag. <br>It&#8217;s about purpose.<br><br>&#8220;When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another&#8230;&#8221;<br><br>History repeats until you fucking learn it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"782\" height=\"849\" data-attachment-id=\"18729\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2025\/07\/july-fourth-two-thousand-twenty-five\/img_20250610_215301_9264837048607600933164\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250610_215301_9264837048607600933164.jpg?fit=782%2C849&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"782,849\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_20250610_215301_9264837048607600933164\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250610_215301_9264837048607600933164.jpg?fit=782%2C849&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250610_215301_9264837048607600933164.jpg?fit=782%2C849&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250610_215301_9264837048607600933164.jpg?resize=782%2C849&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250610_215301_9264837048607600933164.jpg?w=782&amp;ssl=1 782w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250610_215301_9264837048607600933164.jpg?resize=768%2C834&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_20250610_215301_9264837048607600933164.jpg?resize=193%2C210&amp;ssl=1 193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fourth of July. I gotta say&#8230;I may grill up some burgers today and smoke a little extra weed (if that&#8217;s even possible). But this is not a year to celebrate freedom and liberty, when we have lost them both, our Capitol and government in the hands of TRAITORS. We are victims of a Treasonous Coup.Powered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[582,586,648,565,561,736,587,588,690,585,600,616,608,620,566],"tags":[593,634,633,96,562,737,607,594,595,691,592,632,612,661,744,623,572,523,21,521],"class_list":["post-18730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-blog-2","category-editorial-2","category-firstamendment","category-jamiegray","category-jfs","category-july4","category-moregray","category-myopinion","category-n0h8","category-opinion-3","category-politics-2","category-richassholes","category-trump","category-twoamericas","category-wtfua","tag-editorial","tag-firstamendment","tag-freespeech","tag-jamiegray","tag-jfs","tag-july4","tag-justthinking","tag-moregray","tag-myopinion","tag-n0h8","tag-opinion","tag-revolution","tag-trump","tag-truth","tag-twoamericas","tag-vote","tag-wtfua","tag-blog","tag-history","tag-politics","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18651,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2024\/11\/trump-2-0-submission-into-oligarchy\/","url_meta":{"origin":18730,"position":0},"title":"Trump 2.0 &#8211; Submission into Oligarchy","date":"November 18, 2024","format":"image","excerpt":"How long will it take for fascist in the Whitehouse to cause some innocent person to lose all of their tomorrows?How long after that until the corrupt media tells us it's perfectly fucking normal? 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