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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2m

And the renovation was carried out by a commission authorized by Congress and staffed with appointees of the president, House and Senate.

The president didn't just ring up a contractor one morning to have them tear things down.

Because it's not the president's goddamn house.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3m

The biggest renovation of the White House -- the so-called Truman Reconstruction of 1949-1952 -- came about only because the building was in such a state of disrepair that inspectors decided it was unsafe for occupancy.

Not because the president just decided he needed a big fancy ballroom.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 1m

I’m really just so sickened by what he is doing, all the time. The debacle of this nation at this moment is so depressing and disturbing and yes a trajectory of our history and also just really way too much to take.

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Sam Youngman @samyoungman.bsky.social · 1m

Trump is demolishing the East Wing and posting videos of himself shitting on Americans and I swear to Christ I better never heard another goddamn motherfucking word about civility from the beltway buttlicks.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 11m

The only people doing well right now seem to be AI executives, crypto bros and the Trump family.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

CNN: Other than gas prices, when are other cost of living prices going to come down?

REP. LISA McCLAIN: Listen, we have a massive hole that we need to dig out from from the last administration

CNN: But this administration is 9 months in and Trump promised to lower prices on day one

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 8m

Trump is doing the exact same job as President as he did in business.

Trying to make himself rich, get vengeance on his enemies, extort everyone in sight, build monuments to himself, and leaving ruin in his wake everywhere.

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MeidasRick 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱💙🐸 @sgtrick.bsky.social · 8m

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BREAKING: Trump’s Latest Is Ultimate Betrayal Of Ukraine

Leaks from Trump's meeting with Zelensky exposed his real allegiance—and why his repeated lies about Ukraine aid should alarm every American who values democracy

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 2h

I'll say directly what all media outlets should be screaming: The president of the United States posted a video showing himself dumping poop on Americans.

But the wildly successful "No Kings" protests proved he's not shit.

My column on our disgraceful president:

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Trump posts AI video of him dumping poop on us. I can't believe I wrote that. | Opinion

President Donald Trump responded to the 'No Kings' protests like a mad king, posting a grotesque AI video showing him dumping poop on protesters.

www.usatoday.com

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2h

"How can I make my daughter's wedding about me and my shitty personality?"

Yeah that guy can fuck all the way off, and I hope he is denied the privilege of being in her life.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 2h

As someone who gets told "you have to love your parents" when I mention that I needed to cut my mother off for my own mental well-being, no you don't.

That's an earned title. Being a parent isn't making a kid, it's raising a kid. This guy is not a father. He's just a selfish dick.

Daily Dot @dailydot.com · 4h

“Crossing boundaries at my wedding”: Bride’s father wears MAGA hat during wedding speech against her wishes bit.ly/4qhvJNu

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 56m

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Stunning reporting — and photography.

@nymag.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”

@nymag.com
nymag.com/intelligence...

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Denise McMuffin @denisehkg.bsky.social · 54m

I member. 🫐

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👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 🐸 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 7h

Love it.....

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Linda @kirbyow.bsky.social · 1h

In Shambles
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In Shambles

The White House’s deplorable policies—including extrajudicial killings, informant handovers, and brazen lies about defendants—have finally caught up to it.

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 3h

Make Argentina Great Again

"Farmers? We don't need no stinkin' farmers!"
— Trump (probably), after giving Milei $40 billion

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Annastasia @annastasia77.bsky.social · 3h

Well, Ernst, you incompetent twat, I funded my part of this protest!!

I bought a board - $2.46
I bought a sharpie -$ 5.94
I paid for my gas - $ 3.76 per gallon (mid grade)
I paid for water - $4.05

Fucking idiot!!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Ernst: "I think it is extremely important that we look at who is funding these protests. We have to get to the bottom of this. It could be the usual suspect -- George Soros."