The Democrats should say that this work is not legally authorized and the contractor will be held criminally liable for this when they are back in power and also be liable to restore the White House to its original state.

Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/

He can't legally do this. Order the contractor to give you the building permit. Then shut that shit down. Arrest the contractor for not following building codes re: demolishing extensions of a historical building. There has to be something here that is illegal.This is our house not mara fucking lago

You know it’s bad when this is like the 4th or 5th worst Republican scandal of the day.

As well as having an incredible legal mind and being a superb writer, @annabower.bsky.social is also much nicer and more polite than I could ever be in the face of such idiocy and proud mean-girl nastiness.

Donald Trump has destroyed the East Wing of the White House the right way. by Ezra Klein

When this is over, no matter the effort and no matter the cost, we tear down Trump's ballroom and restore the White House to the way it was. And then we take a wrecking ball to Mar-a-Lago.

This story got worse and worse and then I get to “Uvalde Police” and I’m just

3 years ago #OnThisDay in Robert and Holly: after being presumed dead for 2 years, Holly shows up, alive and wet, in the Quartermaine boathouse #GH 10 20 2022 youtu.be/QGCwYfpNUts?... #RnHFactor

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

I feel like people are sort of sleeping on the US Attorney for EDVA clarifying—to a reporter!—that she did indeed intentionally violate the Federal Records Act by setting the Signal messages to auto-delete

OPINION: Pennsylvania Voters Must Not Sleep on This ‘Off-Year’ Election | Your vote is your voice, writes Renée Donahey. And on Nov. 4 there's too much at stake to stay silent.

Trump is so mad that he’s flinging poop and knocking down the White House like a child knocking over a tower of building blocks. #ToddlerTrumpTheKiddieKing

“President Poop, we’ll call him.” 💩 @usatoday.com @rexhuppke.bsky.social @willbunch.bsky.social www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

CREW files Hatch Act complaint against Trump administration officials. www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action...

We are on a dangerous path in America. A panel of Ninth Circuit judges has chosen to not hold the president accountable: they just granted the federal government’s motion to stay our first TRO, which prevented the president from deploying Oregon National Guard troops in Oregon.

EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.

In all seriousness, seeing Trump demolish the East Wing to build a gilded ballroom for his wealthy donors is stomach-churning stuff. The Administration claims no congressional approval or historic-preservation review was needed before demolition began. That should alarm everyone. Quick 🧵 (1/5)

Comey's spreadsheet of Trump wails is 60 pages long. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Jim Comey has submitted his two motions to dismiss. Lindsey the Insurance lawyer was hired under 546, which conservative lawyer Ed Whelan argued means she's just playacting. www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/...

The only way this is acceptable is if the Epstein Files were hidden in the walls.

This is insane. “It won’t interfere with the current building. It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of," Trump said in July. “It’s my favorite. It’s my favorite place. I love it.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Bethlehem, PA #NoKings

Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.

Never seen so many "innocent" people fight so hard to keep files sealed…

I can't really explain fully why this is the thing of all things that got my jaw on the floor but I guess it's such a literal symbol and also such a jaw dropping amount of money while small businesses are struggling to survive the tariffs Such a visible "go fuck yourself"

🧵1/ Gonna just say: 6 or 7 careers ago, I worked at an architecture firm, and it could (no joke) take years or decades to change a WINDOW due to overlapping claims of jurisdiction due to historic preservation + zoning. If the WHITE HOUSE (!!)can skip such fights, all bets are off. It’s open season

In short, courts should rely on whatever set of facts justify Trump's actions

Los Angeles-based activist and #1 NYT bestselling author and illustrator, Nikkolas Smith, draws 'AntifAmerica' featuring the Portland Frog and Portland Chicken, in response to No Kings Day yesterday.

After Trump leaves we should tear down his ballroom on day one

🚨2-1 panel of the 9th Circuit (2 Trump vs 1 Clinton appointee) permits Trump to deploy the National Guard in Portland. The majority opinion finds that Trump properly considered the situation from June through September, and declares the ICE protests disruptive enough to call out the Guard.

On October 20, 1978: The Police made their US performance debut in New York City at CBGBs, playing 12:00 am and 2:30 am sets. They flew there at their own expense and the club was only a third full, but Andy Summers said it felt like a raging success as they proved their worth.

Re Trump's childish video. What else would you expect from an incontinent piece of shit?

stating the obvious but if the democrats damaged the white house to build a gaudy oligarch dance room (in the middle of a government shutdown hurting people's livelihoods, no less) it would be a two month relentless news cycle this story won't survive past Tuesday afternoon

Moira Donegan, who writes for the Guardian, penned a descriptive retort that captured my own sentiments about Trump's infantile response to No Kings perfectly (an AI-generated video of himself wearing a crown, flying a fighter jet over the protests and dumping feces on the protesters). She wrote:

The good news: Democrats were just given the singular best possible visual analogy of the Trump Presidency and Republicans writ large to run in every single ad. The bad news: We're gonna have to demolish the whole fucking White House, salt the goddamned ground, and start fresh.

BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases. Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.

The guy who claims Democrats destroyed entire cities in 2020 is tearing down the White House, 4 years after his supporters ransacked the Capitol.

Trump appointed White House staffer and former personal lawyer Will Scharf as Chair of the National Capital Planning Commission in order to make sure there wouldn't be any oversight or approval issues. Trump always games the system. www.aol.com/white-house-....

First, he tried to destroy the Capitol building. Now, he's destroying the White House. #ETTD

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Exclusive: Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised to betray MS-13 informants in exchange for access to El Salvador’s most notorious prison. Justice Department officials say Rubio threatened to undercut years of work to secure the cooperation of high-ranking gang members. https://wapo.st/4qgbdg6

I feel like Alexander Hamilton would not like this

Guys, I don’t mean to sound like this but there is a felon down the street making AI videos of himself as a king shitting on Americans and the American flag and he is literally tearing down the White House as we speak

Sometimes the metaphors just write themselves

The biggest renovation of the White House -- the so-called Truman Reconstruction of 1949-1952 -- came about only because the building was in such a state of disrepair that inspectors decided it was unsafe for occupancy. Not because the president just decided he needed a big fancy ballroom.

Got buried in the news this weekend, but President Jesus said the F word on CNN at like 2pm in the afternoon. The next day he posted a poop-filled scat video, but tell Me more about the dignity of the office of the presidency.