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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 3h

The White House heard the complaints

Dismissed them as “manufactured outrage”

And kept demolishing the East Wing on Tuesday

New photo and update with @jonathanreports.bsky.social

White House continues East Wing demolition amid cries of Trump overreach

More of the structure was torn down Tuesday to make way for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, despite complaints about the project’s lack of transparency,

www.washingtonpost.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 7h

Nominating Platner would not be a problem for the GOP. It HAS to be a no-go for us. He’s had 18 years to cover up a “youthful indiscretion.” He hasn’t.

Graham Platner says he was drunk when he got Nazi-linked tattoo
The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate said he didn't know the meaning of the skull tattoo, which he got in 2007 while on leave in Croatia during his time in the Marines.

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Rob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 11h

Is there literally anything Johnson knows?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Q: Getting back to the Jeffries threat, this is one of a number of J6 pardons that's been rearrested. Did Trump make a mistake?

JOHNSON: I don't know any of the details. I'll tell you the violence on the left is far more prevalent than on the right. The rhetoric that you saw Saturday plays into it

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 7h

Let's see how that government ban on White House demolition photos is going.

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

here is a clip of the East Wing of the White House being demolished for Trump's ballroom just now

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 7h

If it was a drunk accident, you get it removed THE MOMENT YOU FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS.

There is no room for delay, the moment you find out you have Nazi shit on your body you cover it in shame and get yourself a removal appointment immediately.

There's no wiggle room there.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 8h

Enough is enough. Adelita Grijalva was elected on September 23. The people of Arizona have a right to be represented in Congress.

During today’s pro forma session, when the House is called to order I will seek unanimous consent to insist upon the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva.

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PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 7h

Sad they have to lie so much

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 8h

Ok let's see here, I have an economy dependent on consumer spending, and where everyone is leveraged to the gills. Should I make everything more expensive for no apparent reason and see how it goes?

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 7h

Wistfully remembering bygone era when you didn’t have to vet candidates for Nazi tattoos.

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Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social · 1d

Can’t get much more symbolic than this.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

genuine question, does anyone have standing to sue here

Jonathan Edwards @jonathanreports.bsky.social · 1d

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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WIRED @wired.com · 1d

The Federal Trade Commission removed several blog posts in recent months about open source and potential risks to consumers from the rapid spread of commercial AI tools.

The FTC Is Disappearing Blog Posts About AI Published During Lina Khan’s Tenure

The Federal Trade Commission removed several blog posts in recent months about open source and potential risks to consumers from the rapid spread of commercial AI tools.

wrd.cm

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000

Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)

www.nytimes.com

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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve been lucky enough to help my country & neighbors since I was 17 years old. I’m 54 now.
I don’t like pledges of allegiance all that much.
But I love my country.
I don’t like flags all that much.
But I love my neighbors.

So tomorrow we will be at No Kings. For my country and for my neighbors

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

BREAKING: Live munitions from a Trump-Vance “military demo” flew over I-5 and struck a CHP vehicle. The White House wanted the highway open—but Gov. Newsom shut it down for safety. That decision likely prevented injuries or worse.

We have obtained these photos:

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

As a reminder to everyone, a key part of the Bari Weiss origin story is her livetweeting editorial meetings.
In the institutions she critiques she treats leakers (including herself) as principled dissenters. In the institutions she controls, she expects loyal silence.

Bari Weiss tweeting about the civil war in the NY Times

Another NY Times employee says: "I am in the same meeting that Bari appears to be livetweeting"

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 2d

so here’s the thing, Bari, you’re running an organization full of weapons-grade gossips who hate you www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...

Now in a position of power at the network, Ms. Weiss is the one concerned about leaks. She has complained that her comments at private CBS meetings keep turning up in media reports, asking if the company can identify the leakers, according to three people familiar with her remarks.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 2d

This is Boise, Idaho one of the most Republican states in the US joining millions of protestors. The people have had enough of the Trump regime. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump shit video is basically this, but I will reiterate that if a Dem is critical of conservative voters it’s a generational scandal and when Republican pols literally post themselves shitting on their opposition virtually the entire elite politics and media class treats it as fine and normal