Contrary to claims, window appears operable
01.11.2025 21:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@gregflynn.bsky.social
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Contrary to claims, window appears operable
01.11.2025 21:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is the same White House window in the video showing debris being tossed out of last year which Trump called fake. Also East Wing is visible pre-demolition. Ballroom construction can be supervised while sitting on toilet
01.11.2025 21:46 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0ICE is currently hiring people with records who would be deported if they were not citizens.
30.10.2025 20:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm pretty sure the only time Kristi Noem has been on an 18 wheeler was as a silhouette on mudflaps.
30.10.2025 20:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The White House Historical Association knew of the East Wing demolition and has the nerve to send me a catalog of gilded trinkets and Christmas decorations to support their efforts.
23.10.2025 22:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Vladimir Putin left a voicemail:
βGreat job. Now do the other side.β
Let's just be clear: He is violating state sovereignty. Period. There is no question. There is no discussion. And when they cried and cried about states rights, it was a lie.
stateline.org/2025/10/22/t...
A defense of the WH ballroom farce claims FDR renovated the East Wing in 1942 during WWII when the country could ill afford it. It was renovated to hide a secret bomb shelter to survive nuclear attack. Now it is the Presidential Emergency Ops Center. Served as a shelter following the 9/11 attacks.
21.10.2025 17:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isnβt.
This is what I found.
π¨BREAKING: North Carolinaβs top elections official is pressing the stateβs Division of Motor Vehicles for unprecedented access to votersβ full Social Security numbers β a move that could erode voter privacy protections and lay the groundwork for mass voter purges
16.10.2025 23:06 β π 6066 π 3306 π¬ 328 π 188Users of FlightRadar24 can expect an uptick in helicopter and small aircraft flight patterns extending 12 nautical miles from US coastlines, circling, and returning to origin.
15.10.2025 22:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Argentina will receive $40 billion from the US and in return Argentina will provide its expertise in disappearing people.
15.10.2025 22:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0β¦ the English nation has believed them, the ministers themselves have come to believe them, and what is more wonderful, we have believed them ourselves. Yet where does this anarchy exist?β
Thomas Jefferson 1787
βWonderful is the effect of impudent and persevering lying. The British ministry have so long hired their gazetteers to repeat and model into every form lies about our being in anarchy, that the world has at length believed them β¦ Yet where does this anarchy exist?β
Thomas Jefferson 1787
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15.10.2025 02:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Theyβre wagging the dogs. Theyβre wagging the cats.
youtu.be/1DQ1Vle2XZg?...
Joking aside, itβs a real concern:
newrepublic.com/post/201745/...
Journalism rule at AP and USA Today, the two places I worked for most of my career: Sources who criticize, praise or speculate need to be named.
AP: www.ap.org/about/news-v...
USAT Network: content-static.usatoday.com/styleguide/U...
Dropped my daughter off at the airport for a UNC journalism class trip to DC. My parting words were, βIf you get detained, get good pictures and video.β She replied, βI hate you.β She doesnβt. Thatβs how we talk. Gallows humor is a survival skill.
14.10.2025 13:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Rakfisk is a traditional Norwegian dish of fermented freshwater fish, most commonly trout, that is salted and left to ferment for several weeks to months. The fermentation process gives it a strong odor and a savory, tangy flavor.Β
You can figure the rest out for yourselves.
100 % toll pΓ₯ rakfisk fordi den fascistiske oransje presidenten ikke fikk Nobels fredspris.
10.10.2025 22:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0All energy efficient illumination in the Whitehouse has been replaced by gaslight.
10.10.2025 22:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Rihanna: (Barbados) 2023
The Weeknd: (Canada) 2021
Shakira: (Colombia) - 2020
Paul McCartney: (United Kingdom) 2005
Shania Twain: (Canada) 2003
Sting: (United Kingdom) 2003
U2: (Ireland) 2002
The Rolling Stones: (United Kingdom) 2006
Coldplay: (United Kingdom) 2016
The Who: (United Kingdom) 2010
Just walked the dog for 2 miles while listening to Bad Bunny. Next up: Spanish on Duolingo.
08.10.2025 00:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Based on news reports it would appear that it has already been decided that next yearβs Super Bowl final will be the Jets against the Sharks.
08.10.2025 00:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0If Stephen Miller hates the fascist label doesnβt that make him anti-fascist also?
07.10.2025 15:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Only 10 months in.
07.10.2025 13:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We are living in Minority Report, with Stephen Miller, Laura Loomer as Precogs, and ICE/Border Patrol as PreCrime police.
05.10.2025 23:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If Ayn Rand were alive today sheβd be saying, βShit, why didnβt I think of that.β
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