George Washington would have thrown up

We don’t have kings in America

Friends,

Trump is planning a giant military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., to coincide with his 79th birthday on June 14. According to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity, the parade was pushed by the White House.

Bad enough that the nation has to display its militarism in such a crude, authoritarian way. To do it at…