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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 21m

"The White House was never meant to be a palace, nor the Oval Office a throne room." -@therickwilson.bsky.social
https://therickwilson.substack.com/p/the-east-wing-obscenity?r=1ne2d&showWelcomeOnShare=false&triedRedirect=true

The East Wing Obscenity

Trump's Ballroom Is a Tumor On The People's House

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 27m

You're not gonna believe who is funding the destruction of the White House. Ok, ok, maybe you will...

The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 1h

UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 21m

the fact that every democrat in the house and senate isnt in front of a microphone screaming "what the actual fuck are you doing" is insane.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1h

The Pentagon announces they are replacing The New York Times’ press credentials with the MyPillow guy’s media outlet.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 41m

We’ve updated our story with an additional comment provided by the United States Justice Department.

At 4:10 p.m., she texted me: "By the way-everything I ever sent you is off record. You're not a journalist so it's weird saying that but just letting you know."
I responded: "I'm sorry, but that's not how this works. You don't get to say that in retrospect."
Halligan was unpersuaded: "Yes I do. Off record."
"I am really sorry. I would have been happy to speak with you on an off the record basis had you asked," I said. "But you didn't ask, and I still haven't agreed to speak on that basis. Do you have any further comment for the story?
To my surprise, she kept going: "It's obvious the whole convo is off record. There's disappearing messages and it's on signal. What is your story? You never told me about a story."
I didn't respond. It was time to publish my story. I'll text it to her.
Postscript: Read the full exchange between Lindsey Halligan and Lawfare's Anna Bower here.

Highlighted text: “Hours after Lawfare published this article, Justice Department spokeswoman Natalie Baldassarre provided the following additional comment:

“Thank you for including my statement in your story. I just realized I spelled Lindsey's name wrong in the initial response, would you mind correcting?

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Rep Richard Dangler @rdangler.bsky.social · 23m

Fucking cowards.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

real profiles in courage here from Cornyn and Cassidy

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 27m

Headline took my breath away

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 2h

Add Cincinnati to the rapidly expanding list of cities where homeless students sleep in parking lots because their families can't afford a place to live.

www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 1h

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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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 58m

Trump just passed Gacy

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 1h

34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.

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Known Lethal U.S. Attacks on Civilian Vessels in the Caribbean
Total reported killed: 34 people
Notification Date Number Reported Killed Approximate Location Notification URL
September 2, 2025 11 “in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility” (later revealed as between Sucre, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago) View
September 15, 2025 3
“in International Waters… in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility”; Colombian president claimed it was a fishing boat in Colombian waters View
September 19, 2025 3 “in international waters… in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” near the Dominican Republic View
October 3, 2025 4 “in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela” View
October 14, 2025 6 “in International Waters… just off the Coast of Venezuela” View
October 16, 2025 2; 2 reported survivors “in the Caribbean” View
October 17, 2025 3 “in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” View
October 21, 2025 2 “in the Eastern Pacific” View

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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 1h

34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.

adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/

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

Ted Bundy - 35
John Wayne Gacy - 33
Donald Trump - 27
Jeffrey Dahmer - 17

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 8d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 1h

The Narcissist Prayer by Dayna Craig does a beautiful job of summing up Trump and the GOP:

That didn't happen
And if it did, it wasn't that bad
And if it was, that's not a big deal
And if it is, it's not my fault
And if it was, I didn't mean it
And if I did, you deserved it.

Demolition crews continue dismantling parts of the East Wing of the White House on Wednesday. The work is part of preparations for the construction of a new ballroom, ordered by President Donald Trump. (Peter W. Stevenson/The Washington Post)

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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 1h

The White House has the latest data on jobs in the United States, but they refuse to release it.

Businesses rely on this data. Experts who assess our economy rely on this data. The Federal Reserve relies on this data to decide interest rates.

Is Trump trying to hide something?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23h

The Inspector General system is basically broken now. Most IGs have been fired, most positions remain vacant. Those who remain or would take the job pose no risk to holding the regime accountable.
Congress added more barriers to Trump firing IGs after his first term. He just ignored them.

graph showing 29 of 38 positions are vacant

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Linda Tirado @killermartinis.bsky.social · 3h

Well If we must drag this bullshit into day two

THE WORKING CLASS IS NOT FUCKING MOSTLY WHITE. THAT IS IT. WHAT THE FUCK YOU RACIST DICKBAGS. I AM IN A FUCKING CHAIR AND I WILL HOLD DOWN A WHOLE KITCHEN AND WHAT YOU WILL NOT DO IS INSULT THE EVERYONE ELSE IN MY KITCHEN YOU CLASSIST RACIST FUCKBAG

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 5d

"a kind of celebration of ignorance"

Sagan quote from "The Demon-Haunted World"

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 9h

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6h

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 4h

the through line of "got an accidental nazi tattoo while drunk" to "regularly takes shirt off at the bar" to "starts a senate campaign with no experience and no plan to address any of this" to "gets a terrible coverup overnight" is "total lack of judgment and impulse control"

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 3h

Holy shit, this cartoon.

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Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 4h

This week Trump
–released vid of dropping feces on protesters
–swung a wrecking ball into the WH
–demanded $230M from the Treasury as an “apology”
–saw a pardoned J6 rioter arrested for trying to kill top Dem
–said he’s greater than Lincoln or Washington.

It’s only Wednesday.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h

Remember when they said DEI was ruining America by lowering standards?

Well now Trump’s ICE recruits are failing push-ups and sit-ups. Diversity isn’t the problem, incompetence is.

These are the same guys he swears are going to “secure the border,” but ICE can’t even secure a treadmill.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 4h

“Surely I too can drink from the whites-only water fountain”

newsoneofficial.bsky.social @newsoneofficial.bsky.social · 6h

[OP-ED] FBI Director Kash Patel got blasted by Christian conservatives for making a social media post celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.

https://bit.ly/3JijuQ0

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 3h

If a developing country is one that struggles to provide food to all its children due to limited means what the fuck do u call a country that does have the means to feed its children but decides to build a ballroom and give ICE ranged missiles and do like 30 different wars both domestic & abroad

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Rebekah Young @rebekahwyoung.bsky.social · 3h

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Dreamweasel @dreamweasel.bsky.social · 3h

A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ASSHOLE

New blog post:
open.substack.com/pub/dreamwea...

A Week in the Life of the World’s Biggest Asshole

CNN: Millions of people took to the streets over the weekend to protest the policies of the World’s Biggest Asshole

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