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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 2d

If given the chance, I'd lose my legs all over again to serve in our great military.

The leader of your party is a five-time draft dodger who has fired more Veterans than any other president in our history.

Square that circle then tell me who really hates our military.

New York Times: Scott Perry Says Democrats ‘Hate the Military,’ Echoing Trump’s attacks.

The remarks by the Republican House member from Pennsylvania align with efforts by the president and G.O.P. leaders to portray the political left as un-American.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Why is Apple, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Blackstone, Google, OpenAI, Amazon and others financing the destruction of the WH and desecration of the grounds, something that is infuriating to huge chunk of the American population? Do you hate your customers that much?

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Release the Files. @wtfjusthappened.bsky.social · 3d

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Brandy 🌹 🌻 @brandyshannon.bsky.social · 3d

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Thinking & Thankful 💪💙🤗🏳️‍🌈 @thinking-thankful.bsky.social · 3d

We will definitely pass 50 here in California! 💪💙💪Also, we need to start flexing our economic muscle. Make the oligarchs pay attention! Economic boycott this Black Friday through Cyber Monday. Start spreading the word 🙏🤗🙏

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Senator Jeff Merkley, for your incredible 22-hour and 37-minute marathon speech on the Senate floor!

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Amintegrity @amintegrity.bsky.social · 3d

With lots of help from Chief Justice Roberts and his gang of treasonous extreme reactionary Jusitces on the Supreme Court.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

Well, well, well...

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4d

1. Initial Proposal: The White House is managed by the National Park Service (NPS) but used by the Executive Office of the President (EOP). Any proposed change, even by a sitting president, begins internally through the Office of the Curator and the White House Facilities Management Division.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4d

2. Historic Review: The NPS, as custodian of the White House under the Presidential Residence Act and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), must review all alterations for compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4d

This requires assessing potential impacts on historic and cultural resources in consultation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) and the D.C. State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO).

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4d

3. Planning & Environmental Oversight: The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) evaluates all major federal projects in the National Capital Region, including work on the White House grounds, for design, planning, and environmental impacts under NEPA (the National Environmental Policy Act).

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4d

Public comment and design reviews are part of that process.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4d

4. Aesthetic Review: The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) reviews and advises on the design and appearance of any exterior modifications to the White House or its grounds.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4d

5. Final Authorization: After approvals from NPS, NCPC, and CFA, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the White House Chief Usher / Facilities Management Office finalize funding, scheduling, and logistics.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4d

Only after completing this full process could any major construction or demolition legally begin.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4d

Yet Trump ignored every step, acting unilaterally through executive order, bypassing oversight, and ordering demolition as if he were a monarch. The result: the people’s house, altered without the people’s consent.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 4d

More details:

Section 107, let’s talk about it.

The above process has always been the process taken, and here’s why.

Section 107 of the National Historic Preservation Act exempts the White House, the U.S. Capitol, and the Supreme Court

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Derek May @derekmay.bsky.social · 4d

Demolition of the White House’s East Wing facade started today.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5d

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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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4d

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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Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 5d

It's this photo if you missed it, savaging the East Wing to make a vanity ballroom.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 4d

It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.

Washington Post: White House begins destroying East wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

What’s next after No Kings Day? What should we do now? How do we use our collective power? I have a dozen simple ideas for next steps. And I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-can-we-do-now

What Can We Do Now?

What comes next, after No Kings 2.0

robertreich.substack.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

Racial profiling. All day every day.

www.newsweek.com/us-citizen-s...

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