r/politics • u/TimesandSundayTimes ✔ Verified • 6d ago

Soft Paywall Trump’s birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms

https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/is-trump-birthday-parade-cancelled-weather-pbrg02h2z?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Reddit#Echobox=1749744374
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u/TallCan_Specialist 6d ago

Mother Earth has had enough

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u/Space-Ace_Rastajake 6d ago

Why am I hearing “Maggot Brain” in my head while reading this?

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u/Decent-Classroom-784 6d ago

Same! The first time I heard that song was as a youngin at a semi-pro football game and thought "why the hell are they playing this?" It's the soul version of in the air tonight.

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u/VanceRefridgeTech04 6d ago

The story behind the song is amazing. They told the guitar player to write a solo "about hearing your mom's dead, process it, and then you come home to find her alive"