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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 1d

Not worried about military operations around Venezuela. Tulsi Gabbard is in the admin and she is a staunch opponent of "regime change wars." I was also born at 9 am yesterday.

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Gerardo Martí @gerardomarti.bsky.social · 1d

Found on Instagram

The Instagram post shows a digitally altered image in which a large, dome-shaped structure is under construction immediately next to the White House, dwarfing the East Wing and surrounding grounds. The partially built sphere clearly resembles the Death Star from Star Wars, with detailed scaffolding visible where the structure is incomplete and a distinctive circular indentation at the top, similar to the superlaser dish on the Death Star. The massive construction dominates the scene.

The accompanying caption declares: “BREAKING: areal photograph reveals Donald Trump’s new $250M ‘ballroom’ is nearing completion.”

This image and caption together depict the fictional scenario of President Trump destroying and rebuilding part of the White House (specifically the East Wing) to construct a gigantic Death Star—an unmistakable reference to the iconic planet-destroying weapon and battle station from Star Wars. The visual and textual elements serve as a pointed comment on presidential power and the willingness to remake historical landmarks with grand, controversial projects by inserting a symbol of authoritarian rule and destruction into the heart of American democracy.

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Andy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 3d

Updating my LEGO White House

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 3d

I am kind of astonished at how muted the reaction has been so far in a country were people try to get, like, gas stations declared as historic landmarks. Can we at least get Mike Johnson on camera claiming he hasn’t seen these pictures? Or doesn’t know where or what the White House is?

Trump Is Demolishing the Entire East Wing to Make Way for His Ballroom
President Trump initially said the construction at the White House would not touch the East Wing or "interfere with the current building."
See more updates ›
ACECO

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Mhairi Forrest🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🤟🤟🤟 @mhairiforrest.bsky.social · 3d

We all need to see this.

Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 3d

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Children.😭😡

The 6-year-old said he saw “snipers on the roof ready to shoot our cars.”

The 8-year-old said, “I saw soldiers and was so scared I started shaking.”

The 14-year-old said, “They put a gun to my face. Then they pointed it at my mom’s head and said they’d blow her head off.”

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4d

Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 4d

Cato put out this brief statement from me critical of U.S. military strikes on suspected drug running boats, strikes that kill those aboard "without trial, legal process, or public accountability." These extrajudicial killings would be unlawful, I observe, even if all the smuggling claims were true.

Cato Legal Fellow Available to Discuss Unlawful U.S. Strikes at Sea

A senior legal scholar at the Cato Institute is raising concerns about U.S. military strikes on boats suspected of smuggling — strikes that kill those aboard without trial, legal process, or public ac...

www.cato.org

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

Look, folks, he's the *Speaker* of the House, not the Listener of the House or the Watcher of the House.

You can't expect him to be aware of major events that are unfolding right before him.

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 4d

This is in the Washington *Times*!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

That clampdown on the Pentagon press corps has done wonders. 🤡

@jamiedupree.bsky.social
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oc...

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4d

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

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Warren Throckmorton @wthrockmorton.bsky.social · 5d

The Constitution says it is law of the land.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 5d

It's bad, kids. The GOP is preaching a fascist gospel.

#ChristianNationalism

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@katherinestewart.bsky.social, @bradleyonishi.bsky.social, @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social, @wthrockmorton.bsky.social, et al.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."

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Warren Throckmorton @wthrockmorton.bsky.social · 7d

The irony is greater because this story (and so many like it) is likely false. CNs claim to be restoring history when in fact they revise it.

Warren Throckmorton @wthrockmorton.bsky.social · 8d

However, that would be a religious sentiment, not a political one. Did the founders incorporate the religion in their laws or official documents? No, of course not. Politically speaking, there were no Kings at all. If anything, law was considered king. No kings at all, not even Jesus.

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Warren Throckmorton @wthrockmorton.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks, but there may be more on that story. The source I found looks right but I didn't do a deep dive as yet. It isn't something that has ever come up in my work. Having said that, I don't know what significance it would have if some ministers said or wrote that. I would kind of expect it.

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Warren Throckmorton @wthrockmorton.bsky.social · 8d

Probably didn't happen...

boston1775.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-...

I wish I had heard about that one before I finished my book on Christian nationalist myths. Although there are so many, I would need several volume to debunk them all.

The “No King But Jesus” Myth

Here’s a myth about the fighting at Lexington in April 1775 that’s become popular on the American far right over the last thirty years. W...

boston1775.blogspot.com

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Warren Throckmorton @wthrockmorton.bsky.social · 8d

Probably didn't happen...

boston1775.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-...

The “No King But Jesus” Myth

Here’s a myth about the fighting at Lexington in April 1775 that’s become popular on the American far right over the last thirty years. W...

boston1775.blogspot.com

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Scarlett Whitton 🏳️‍⚧️ @scarlettaddams.bsky.social · 9d

Idaho retirees shocked their $51 health plan will now cost $2,232 a month — beg GOP senator to save the ACA subsidies his party fought to kill

Idaho kicks off Affordable Care Act open enrollment as premiums are set to rise nationwide

About 25,000 Idahoans are likely to drop their coverage for next year when enhanced subsidies expire.

www.nbcnews.com

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Brian Kaylor @briankaylor.bsky.social · 11d

Mo Gov. Kehoe insists he's "pro-life" even as he prepares to execute a prison pastor tonight (www.firstalert4.com/2025/10/14/m...). Kehoe also says he's Catholic, so words of Pope seem relevant: "Someone who says, 'I'm against abortion but I'm in favor of the death penalty,' is not really pro-life."

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Warren Throckmorton @wthrockmorton.bsky.social · 12d

MAGA celebrates Christian Nationalist History Day open.substack.com/pub/warrenth...

Christian Nationalist History Day

Trump's Columbus Day proclamation is a Christian nationalist's dream

open.substack.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15d

UPDATE: Judge Perry issued an opinion explaining why she blocked the Texas National Guard deployment in Chicago.

She begins with Alexander Hamilton’s rejection of a “preposterous” idea that the Constitution lets a President deploy a State’s militia to a different State for political retribution. 🧵

OPINION AND ORDER
Since this country was founded, Americans have disagreed about the appropriate division
of power between the federal government and the fifty states that make up our Union. This
tension is a natural result of the system of federalism adopted by our Founders. And yet, not even
the Founding Father most ardently in favor of a strong federal government believed that one
state's militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution, calling such
a suggestion "inflammatory," and stating "it is impossible to believe that [a President] would employ such preposterous means to accomplish their designs." But Plaintiffs contend that such
an event has come to pass, and argue that National Guard troops from both Illinois and Texas
have been deployed to Illinois because the President of the United States wants to punish state elected officials whose policies are different from his own.

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 15d

"I call myself a theocratic libertarian, who wants a limited government that will ban pride parades, prohibit the appearance of trans people in public, force women to carry pregnancies to term, and ban same-sex marriage"

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 15d

Ross Douthat treats this guy like they're having some deep conversation about the relationship of Christianity and the government, but the dude is a garden-variety dull, shallow, hateful, worthless bigot with nothing interesting to say, just endless riffs on "God hates everything/everyone I do."

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Dave Lester @davelester80.bsky.social · 16d

Scenes from ‘war-torn’ Portland. Stay safe out there.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 16d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 16d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

bit.ly

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