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Man in 'Uncle Sam costume' busted for lewd acts at Trump's State Fair: report
Patriotic Pageant, Public Indecency, and the Politics of CostumeThe Source in BriefA Baltimore man, reportedly dressed in an Uncle Sam costume, was arrested on the National Mall during the opening day of Donald Trump’s Freedom250 patriotic celebration. Witnesses say he was seen making lewd gestures during a Cirque Mechanics performance; police charged him with public indecency.Who Actually Held PowerThe man in overalls is not the center of the story. The real institutional power sat with the people staging the event: Trump’s Freedom250 nonprofit, which turned the National Mall into a 16-day…
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