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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlags at half staff across DC....
not for the 3 kids shot in Colorado but for what's his name. What a shit show
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Flags at half staff across DC.... (Original Post)
democratsruletheday
Sep 2025
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buzzycrumbhunger
(2,159 posts)1. JFC...
eppur_se_muova
(42,523 posts)2. Not for the cop killed by the CDC shooter, either. nt
kysrsoze
(6,455 posts)3. At my daughter's high school too - 🤮
ImNotGod
(1,217 posts)4. I will lower my toilet seat at half bowl since I don't fly a flag. nt
sheshe2
(98,466 posts)5. Lest we forget.
He ordered the American Flag honoring President Jimmy Carter to full staff to honor himself and disrespect President Carter.
"American flags are back to full-staff at the U.S. Capitol in honor of Donald Trump's inauguration, breaking from the U.S. flag code's guidelines for mourning a president."
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
Cuthbert Allgood
(5,339 posts)6. Gross
DET
(2,601 posts)7. Disgraceful
Half staff for a wannabe Nazi? I would not do it.
hedda_foil
(17,020 posts)8. What's next? A state funeral?
llmart
(17,729 posts)9. Wouldn't they have been lowered for Sept. 11th anyway?
I'm not sure if they still do that so many years later.
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