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Victoid @victoid.bsky.social · 57m

Not one quote lamenting the destruction.

Victoid @victoid.bsky.social · 58m

“Michael LaRosa, the press secretary to Jill Biden, lamented the loss but agreed that a ballroom was needed: “The French have the Élysée Palace, and here we are having a lawn party.”

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Victoid @victoid.bsky.social · 58m

If Big Tech is all for it, so is the NY Times. From the Morning:
“Tearing down the East Wing to make space for the ballroom was an unfortunate necessity, said Gahl Hodges Burt, who was social secretary for three years under President Ronald
Reagan”

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Victoid @victoid.bsky.social · 17h

And this:

thehobbledehoy.com/2025/10/21/t...

The ‘Billionaire Ballroom’ has to go

It won’t interfere with the current building. It won’t be. It’ll be near it, but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of. It’s my favorit…

thehobbledehoy.com

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Victoid @victoid.bsky.social · 18h

More to the point:

thehobbledehoy.com/2025/10/21/t...

The ‘Billionaire Ballroom’ has to go

It won’t interfere with the current building. It won’t be. It’ll be near it, but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of. It’s my favorit…

thehobbledehoy.com

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Victoid @victoid.bsky.social · 18h

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Eric Alterman @ericalterman.bsky.social · 21h

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Victoid @victoid.bsky.social · 20h

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Car 54, Where Are You (Intro) S1 (1961)

YouTube video by RetroAlexander

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Victoid @victoid.bsky.social · 21h

Heres more from this perceptive chap

thehobbledehoy.com/2025/08/20/h...

History is watching. And this time, it’s our names on the line

By Oliver Kornetzke [ Repost from April 2025] I’m not a historian. I’m not a Kremlinologist or a credentialed scholar on authoritarian regimes. I’m not a behavioral psychologist, and I don’t hold a…

thehobbledehoy.com

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Victoid @victoid.bsky.social · 1d

See: Trump v United States

Victoid @victoid.bsky.social · 1d

See: Trump v. United States

Reposted by Victoid

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 1d

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

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Victoid @victoid.bsky.social · 1d

Missing the Grandma Killer box

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Victoid @victoid.bsky.social · 1d

Bring back soap boxes in town squares! Or a Speaker’s Corner

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker...

Speakers' Corner - Wikipedia

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Victoid @victoid.bsky.social · 1d

In this case both sides do it. Here at least Dems are trying to sabotage gop instead of progessive candidates.

www.njspotlightnews.org/video/republ...

Republicans allege 'phantom' candidates are Democratic spoilers | Video | NJ Spotlight News

Judge orders alleged culprit, Jersey Freedom, to stop all political activity

www.njspotlightnews.org

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Victoid @victoid.bsky.social · 1d

Classic dirty tricks. He’s a plant, a fraud. I love Bernie but he’s a sucker here.

www.npr.org/2012/04/13/1...

'Fake Democrats' Infiltrate Wis. Primaries

Republican candidates are now running against Democratic candidates in Wisconsin's Democratic primaries. The state Republican Party describes them as protest candidates. Most people refer to them as f...

www.npr.org

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