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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2h

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.

Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.

These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.

This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.

Every American should reject it.

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ihellaloveberkeley @ihellaloveberkeley.bsky.social · 2h

It’s so good.

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ihellaloveberkeley @ihellaloveberkeley.bsky.social · 3h

100% it would forever be known as the Epstein Ballroom.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 4h

If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 4h

Americans still don't realize how bad it has gotten and how much worse it is going to get.

Immense destruction, pain and suffering, and we're not even at the tip of it.

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GeeRaffa @geeraffa.bsky.social · 1d

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 2d

Seems like a great moment for some magazine to do a big spread of photos of the East Wing throughout its history, driving home exactly what kinds of spaces have been taken from the people.

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Alt Library of Congress @altlofc.altgov.info · 1d

When we make it through these times, every tragic aspect of our current and past history should be mandatory curriculum in the same way Germany requires students to understand the rise of Nazi ideology and the atrocities they committed. Education is the safeguard against the hatred we face.

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erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · 1d

this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread

atlantic article screenshot
headline: no one knows how big pumpkins can get
sub head: a decade ago, the worlds heaviest pumpkin weighed 2,000 pounds. now the 3,000 pound mark is within sight
by yasmin tayag

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ihellaloveberkeley @ihellaloveberkeley.bsky.social · 1d

So much winning.

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Zack Bornstein @zackbornstein.bsky.social · 1d

ah yes another beautiful morning, time to decide if I want to be informed and frozen in panic, or willfully ignorant with a numbing background dread

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Lu 💙 @ladyinred50.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

"Destruction of federal property is a federal crime-18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines it as willfully injuring or committing any depredation of U.S. gov't property-Damage exceeding $1k is a felony w/ a fine-up to 10 yrs in prison or both"

Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 1d

Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!

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Lisa Lindeman, Ph.D. @lisalindeman.bsky.social · 1d

It's weird to enter the ruins phase of our civilization while we're still living in it.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Their idea of “can’t afford it.”

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Brad Goodson @bradleygoodson.bsky.social · 1d

What is happening to the White House is a crime. It is also an insult to every American past, present and future. All republicans are complicit in this outrage.

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ihellaloveberkeley @ihellaloveberkeley.bsky.social · 1d

White House East Wing demolished as Trump moves forward with ballroom construction, AP photos show

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White House East Wing demolished as Trump moves forward with ballroom construction, AP photos show

Associated Press photos show the entire White House East Wing has been demolished as President Donald Trump moves forward with a ballroom construction.

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ShannonB @shannonbuz.bsky.social · 2d

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Pax Linson @paxll.bsky.social · 2d

Perfect!

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 2d

You guys, the person exercising the powers of the presidency is constitutionally disqualified from holding the office and he’s having the White House bulldozed. This is true and it’s happening, right? I’m not dreaming this?

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 2d

It flies under the radar because it is overwhelmed by the sheer repulsiveness of the physical destruction of the east wing, but there is no way that a president should be allowed to use private money to change public property. It circumvents the power of the purse.

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 2d

Add it to the list of things Congress is failing to do.

Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 2d

It flies under the radar because it is overwhelmed by the sheer repulsiveness of the physical destruction of the east wing, but there is no way that a president should be allowed to use private money to change public property. It circumvents the power of the purse.

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 2d

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ihellaloveberkeley @ihellaloveberkeley.bsky.social · 1d

And no one will stop him.