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In reply to the discussion: The con gets the welcome he deserves in Philly yesterday [View all]BumRushDaShow
(137,869 posts)36. Those are local Philly buildings
The gray one with the tall tower is our City Hall and I think the other is supposed to be the White House.
The political artwork company that makes these "puppets" is "Spiral Q" - https://www.spiralq.org/
They experienced a terrible disaster when the remnants of Hurricane Ida came through here in 2021 and flooded out their storage warehouse, destroying most of their items. They had gotten a request from the Smithsonian for a donation of one of the mailboxes before the floods, so they did wrap one up and sent it to D.C.
But the other 2 that had been constructed were destroyed in the flooding - https://www.spiralq.org/uncategorized/spiral-q-got-flooded/
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Ballot boxes dancing to Missy Elliot is how Philadelphia is doing right now
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Ballot boxes dancing to Missy Elliot is how Philadelphia is doing right now
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Who in the hell is editing out the bad words? It totally screws up the recording!
BComplex
Jul 2023
#13
The video was published by the Philadelphia Inquirer; they might have the same policy
Ocelot II
Jul 2023
#15
Philly (D)s did show up when the ballot counting was going on during the 2020 election
BumRushDaShow
Jul 2023
#19
Fast-forward to when he sang that here in Philly for his "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" tour
BumRushDaShow
Jul 2023
#37
I would have been holding a sign with a large middle finger built with flashing LED lights.
cstanleytech
Jul 2023
#38
When I lived in Joisey, I used to go to lots of Philly parties and...
TreasonousBastard
Jul 2023
#41