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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 3h

This makes me sick.
That’s our House, our history.

The fact that it happened today stinks of retribution for Saturday.

A post—and photo—showing the demolition of the White House East Wing.

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 7h

everything about Trump would be too hacky and on the nose for fiction

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 7h

Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 10h

Yes, AIPAC. I do support human rights. Thanks for noticing!

A fundraising email sent by AIPAC that says:

Dear [REDACTED],
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky has announced her retirement, and Illinois' 9th District will have an open primary for the first time in decades. Wasting no time to enter the race is anti-Israel detractor Kat Abughazaleh, a 25-year-old "social media influencer". Kat does not mince words when it comes to her thoughts on Israel and the bond between our two nations. Her radical foreign policy agenda includes:
• Calls for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state and labels Israel's presence in the West Bank as an "illegal occupation".
• Baselessly blames Israel for the deaths of "tens of thousands" of Palestinians, without recognizing Hamas' initiation of the conflict on 10/7/23.
• Promotes the International Criminal Court, a biased, antisemitic institution targeting Israel under the false guise of justice.
And she's not just loud, she's well-funded - Abughazaleh has already raised nearly $1,000,000, positioning her as the financial frontrunner in the early stages of this race. If we don't act now, she could win.
She poses a direct threat to our mission and the future of Israel's security.
Fortunately, we have a fighter of our own: Illinois State Senator Laura Fine.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9h

I'm not a West Wing obsessed lib or anything but the more I see pictures of this the more fucked up I think it is. It's like he cut off one of the hands of the Lincoln memorial with an angle grinder so he could add a big gun to it.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 9h

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction

Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

www.wsj.com

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 13h

This is insane. If Obama did this the GOP would impeach

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 17h

omg!

"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15h

The East Wing was first added in 1942, under Franklin D. Roosevelt, primarily to provide office space for the First Lady’s staff and to conceal a newly built underground bunker known as the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) during World War II.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

Making Argentina Great Again

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 11h

American institutions don't crumble. But they can be destroyed.

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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 9h

Grand Central Terminal, NYC.
The sun can no longer shine through the windows due to surrounding tall buildings. 1929.

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Ann Aguirre @annaguirre.bsky.social · 15h

No image has ever spoken so succinctly about the current situation in the US.

The white house, a gaping wound in the east wing. It looks like a ruin or a mound of garbage

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 1d

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

How Congress is Undermining Health Care by Blocking the ACA Tax Credit Extension

The city wakes to a headline about marketplace premiums. Not a scandal, not a storm, just a quiet policy decision that lifts one line in a spreadsheet and sends ripples through clinics, payroll office...

www.dailykos.com

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 12h

President began demolishing the East Wing of the WH to build there his $200M+ ballroom.

East Wing was built in 1942 during the presidency of FDR. It was constructed to cover the bunker that he used during WWII and the President's Emergency Operations Center.

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💢Marx was right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 20h

It’s true.

You know why so many IDF commit suicide?

Because they realize what they’ve done.

www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

ADAM
a child.
@AdameMedia • 19h
A member of the terrorist IDF group shoots
His terrorist friends then block the ambulance to make sure the child dies.
No wonder 3 of these scumbags kill themselves every week.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Israel bombed Gaza today killing dozens of Palestinians, claiming Hamas violated the ceasefire (despite reports Israel ran over an unexploded IED themselves)… and Trump appears to have no idea it happened.

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Brian Broadus @cvilletgr.bsky.social · 15h

Five will get you ten that this addition will eventually look like something out of "Zillow Gone Wild."

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16h

Trump using a Chinese* excavator to destroy the White House is a bit on the nose as metaphors go.

*Volvo is owned by Geely Holding, a Chinese company.

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Brian Broadus @cvilletgr.bsky.social · 15h

4) There is a certain subset of classicist architects, and classicism enthusiasts, who treasure design of this kind, often described as based on that of the Italian renaissance, because it's, in their opinion, if not White supremacist, at least White supremacist adjacent.

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Brian Broadus @cvilletgr.bsky.social · 15h

Note that there is a certain subset of classicist architects, and classicism enthusiasts, who treasure design of this kind, often described as based on that of the Italian renaissance, because it's, in their opinion, if not White supremacist, at least White supremacist adjacent.

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Trey Callaway @treycallaway.bsky.social · 16h

He’s going to leave permanent scars on this country.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 17h

This stupefyingly voluminous f––ing a––hole.

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 17h

Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

wapo.st

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 18h

Nothing screams patriot like trying to mow down the First Amendment with a white pickup.

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Brian Broadus @cvilletgr.bsky.social · 16h

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Brian Broadus @cvilletgr.bsky.social · 16h

1) The White House was so poorly maintained that by Truman one of the floors threatened to give way under the weight of his piano 2) Authoritarians undertake monumental public works for several reasons but one of them is always for the graft and opportunities to dole out favors to his cronies.

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Brian Broadus @cvilletgr.bsky.social · 16h

3) It's not a "ballroom." Do we think that a man whose dancing skills are so visibly limited to making spasmodic shoulder-level fist waves longs for a place to hold a cotillion? It's throne room, an audience hall for a man who dares not entertain a truly public gathering lest he be heckled.

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Brian Broadus @cvilletgr.bsky.social · 16h

1) The White House was so poorly maintained that by Truman one of the floors threatened to give way under the weight of his piano 2) Authoritarians undertake monumental public works for several reasons but one of them is always for the graft and opportunities to dole out favors to his cronies.

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Brian Broadus @cvilletgr.bsky.social · 17h

The Architect of the Capitol has responsibility for the Supreme Court building and the Capitol. Some GSA committee probably keeps up the White House.

The legality of shaking dow...erm, using private donations to end run around Congressional oversight is questionable. But, GOP don't care.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Colombian President Petro:
The United States wants Venezuela's and Guyana's oil, oil greed is what's behind the missiles over fishermen.

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