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Critics of President Donald Trump’s announcement of a planned Ultimate Fighting Championship event on White House grounds to celebrate the United States Semiquincentennial next year took to social media Friday to call the proposal something “straight out of ‘Idiocracy’” — the comedy cult classic about a dumbed-down 26th-century America — and condemn what one detractor called “authoritarian theater.”

“Every one of our national park battlefields and historic sites are going to have special events in honor of America 250,” Trump said at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Thursday. “We’re going to have a UFC fight — think of this — on the grounds of the White House.”

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While Octagon aficionados cheered the prospect of a 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue fight card, many observers couldn’t help but notice parallels with the plot of Mike Judge’s 2006 film “Idiocracy,” a satirical........

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