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Only 24% approve, and less than half of Republicans, of demolition at White House

The Trump administration has finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, renewing long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one of the nation's most sensitive wilderness areas. n.pr/42WZfy6

A recent HHS video is filled with selective data and misleading claims about vaccines. Dr. Michael Osterholm of @CIDRAP breaks down how – and why - it misleads. 🎥 Watch here: youtu.be/Lh5hP6zcVrs

I did not have a writing team in another country plagiarizing an article I published in 2018 on my 2025 bingo card, but… 🫠

ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today. abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...

This is so crazy.

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

Total federal spending is up +7% in 2025 over 2024 year-to-date to Oct 20. The story that the fed govt is tightening its belt is contradicted by its own real-time expenditure data. Admin spectacularly hammering some things but raising spending elsewhere. Was -7% just after Inauguration Day.

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Enten: "Trump is doing absolutely awful in the minds of the American people. We're talking about new lows. CNBC, -13 net approval on the economy. It's -19 among Quinnipiac ... He's not just beating himself with record lows -- this is the lowest for any president ever."

Left: Veteran and U.S. citizen George Retes, pinned by immigration officers in Camarillo, CA in July, before he disappeared for days Right: George on Capitol Hill today, trying to tell as many members of Congress his story as possible

Ok, People Magazine. I see you. people.com/before-and-a...

Updating my LEGO White House

More than 420 state bills attacking key public health protections have been introduced in 2025. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted. Please call your state's elected officials!

🧵1/3 During the Friday night RIF massacre, CDC’s ethics department was eliminated. Yes — the office that makes sure CDC employees don’t abuse their federal privileges.

Trump on his new White House ballroom: "In order to do it properly we had to take down the existing structure."

Q: Your response to people who say you haven't been transparent enough about demolishing the East Wing? TRUMP: I haven't been transparent? Really? I showed this to everybody that would listen. 3rd rate reporters didn't see it because they didn't look. You're a third rate reporter. Always have been

If you would like to see all of the proposed changes, follow this link: feaweb.org/wp-content/u... You can submit your comments to the FLDOE here before 11/13: web02.fldoe.org/rules?sRuleN...

Florida’s Social Studies standards are getting another update next month. No, those terrible African American History standards will stay, but there’s a huge update to our Anti-Communism education. This is just one page.

Meiselas: California Gov. Gavin Newsom just announced he’s deploying the National Guard — to help Californians hurt by Trump’s government shutdown. While Trump uses the Guard to attack Americans, Newsom is sending them to deliver food and support families in need.

a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom

real profiles in courage here from Cornyn and Cassidy

The National Trust for Historic Preservation warned that President Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom would “overwhelm the White House itself,” which spans just 55,000 square feet. https://wapo.st/4hmL8rC

Student newspapers are doing some of the best journalism covering universities right now. 👏

I'm loathe to share the article quoted below, as I hate to broaden the reach of something so anti-science and full of misogyny. But Idaho friends may want to know Scott Yenor is still at it. And we all need to stay informed about Heritage, these ideas will likely surface in the #idleg this year.

The bipartisan Big Cities Health Coalition is the latest group to take a strong public stand in support of vaccination. “We are united behind a simple message: get vaccinated.” www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/h...

The New England Journal of Medicine and the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy will be publishing regular public health alerts to replace the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which has been paused due to the federal government shutdown.

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For my forever Space Sis: 🎂 💞

"Today, I quit allowing my complacency to destroy America, and I urge you to quit, too." www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...

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This is actually legitimately crazy. I am crashing out.

NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.

It looks even worse by video 😢

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works (15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

We just got the White House East Wing job. Maybe we should ask for the money up front, T.

I am genuinely so upset right now. We could have had IT ALL, DISNEY.

WHAT THE F**K?!?!?!?!

this is not a great image and it will be in one thousand campaign ads

NBC just gutted the very teams that gave marginalized voices a seat at the table—then called it “restructuring.” The cuts: 📌NBC BLK (Black community coverage) 📌NBC Latino (Latino community coverage) 📌NBC Asian America (Asian American community coverage) 📌NBC Out (LGBTQ+ community coverage)