Pam Fessler

Trump’s Son Is Poised to Profit From Pentagon Drone Proposal

NEW: Don Trump Jr.--after helping pick top Pentagon officials to join his dad's administration--has now become an investor and advisor to Pentagon drone builders. This as President Trump orders Pentagon to buy more drones. A NYT investigation of this latest conflict.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

Tear gassing random residential streets is just absolutely psychotic behavior.

Opinion | I Resented the White House Bitterly. Now I Mourn It. The East Wing was where Eleanor Roosevelt walked. It was where Jacqueline Kennedy planned the Rose Garden. Now it’s all but gone.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“The images we’ve now all seen of the East Wing being demolished are heartbreaking,” Patti Davis writes. “Over the centuries, many presidents have altered the White House, and certainly older buildings need to be updated and repaired. But this is complete destruction.”

This is authoritarianism. Picking his media oligarchs.

Trump’s Mar-a-White House The president is desecrating a symbol of liberal democracy and replacing it with a tacky, bloated eyesore.

One of Trump's most successful cons is that he is a patriot. The bitter truth is that Trump is an antipatriot. He destroys things that make America worthy of love and admiration. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-mar-...

Let them eat cake.

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

Months ago, when Trump was hawking Teslas on the White House lawn, I posted this picture to capture the chaos that was emerging. At the time, I thought it looked extreme. Now it seems naive...even pristine.

The Pentagon is barring nearly all Defense Department personnel, from talking to Congress or state lawmakers unless they have received prior approval from the agency's office of legislative affairs, according to a memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, obtained by CNN. https://cnn.it/4qiv1zH

Trump Empowers Election Deniers, Still Fixated on 2020 Grievances

"Trump has elevated multiple proponents of his fraud claims into high-level administration jobs. Now, these activists could wield their newfound power to discredit future results or rekindle old claims to argue for a federal intrusion into voting systems."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...

“.. He seems to think Americans should be pleased, even proud that .. oh-so-generous billionaires are footing the bill .. Yet, it is this arrangement that makes the whole project reek of pay-to-play cronyism.”

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They’re clearly tearing the whole thing down.

Idaho are you okay with this? This is not how Idaho should be.

Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House to build President Trump’s long-desired ballroom — despite his pledge that construction of the $250 million addition wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing building. https://wapo.st/4hl7jyF

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

Tearing down part of the People's House for his vanity ballroom. Just the kind of thing a king would do. Sickening.
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And every single Republican up for election in 2025 and 2026 should be asked if they’re okay with this. And Mike Johnson and John Thune.

Disgusting. These people are such an embarrassment to our country.

Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.

Wait, Republicans said these were all violent terrorists 🤔

And what about all those American flags? Must be some secret antifa signal. We also heard members of Gay Men’s Chorus in DC singing the National Anthem (quite beautifully, I might add)! What was that all about?

What a surprise, eh, Speaker Johnson?

Scenes from the ‘No Kings’ anti-Trump rally in uptown Charlotte.

📸: Khadejeh Nikouyeh

#nokings #charlotte #trump #protest

Don't forget the frauds for which Santos was convicted, including that he "repeatedly charged contributors’ credit cards without their authorization... sought out victims he knew were elderly persons suffering from cognitive impairment" and filed false FEC reports to convince the NRCC he was viable.

Donald Trump announces he has commuted George Santos’ sentence in his federal fraud case: “at least Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN! […] I just signed a Commutation, releasing George Santos from prison, IMMEDIATELY. Good luck George, have a great life!”

Trump isn’t even trying to hide the fact that the DOJ is completely politicized and the rule of law no longer applies federally

A GOP attack ad deepfakes Chuck Schumer with AI The 30-second video from the National Republican Senatorial Committee is raising alarms among many observers who warn it crosses a new boundary in politics and could unleash a flood of AI-generated deepfake attack ads.

The 30-second video from the National Republican Senatorial Committee is raising alarms among many observers who warn it crosses a new boundary in politics and could unleash a flood of AI-generated deepfake attack ads. n.pr/4qhNL2c

Trump Says He Is Commuting George Santos’s Fraud Sentence

Loyalty over the law: Trump Says He Is Commuting George Santos’s Fraud Sentence www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

The most interesting about Trump springing George Santos from prison is that Trump is still in the Epstein Files.

Friday night news dump, along with George Santos pardon

Here's a reminder of what George #Santos did:
He defrauded the Republican Party, he stole credit card numbers from his donors, and he sold out his own family by pretending they were donors. And that is on top of the pile of lies he told voters. ciaratorresspelliscy.substack.com/p/democracy-... 🗳️🏐🕷️