Mark William Chase

That's no ballroom...

Trump says 'existing structure' of White House East Wing to be torn down The US president previously said that his $250m (£186m) ballroom addition would not "interfere with the current building".

Trump is now tearing down the entire East Wing of the White House to build his pretentious ballroom. Of course, this is all just to distract us from certain files that need to be released.
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Time to start thinking about Halloween.

Ancient life on Mars: Perseverance finds strongest evidence yet NASA finds potential evidence of ancient life on Mars, a breakthrough in space exploration.

In case you missed it, since the headlines are buzzing about other things, NASA announced a few days ago that the Perseverance rover has discovered strong biosignatures for possible ancient life on Mars in the Jezero Crater. #nasa #mars www.astronomy.com/science/nasa...

Never AI My pledge to you is that I shall never use generative AI, large-language models, or any other machine-created content, in whole or in part, in any of my books, ever. My books are entirely written b…

I have just released my Never AI pledge.

As creatives, we must stand together against the polluted tide of AI-generated slop. We must also reassure our readers, viewers, and fans that we will never use AI in any of our works, in whole or in part. Ever.
mwchase.com/never-ai

Trump signs executive order rebranding Pentagon as Department of War Directive will make Department of War secondary title and is way to get around need for congressional approval

This is completely nuts. I guess we already knew they're a bunch of war-mongering psychopaths, but just read Pete Hegseth's comment at the end of this article to see just how psychotically murder-hobo they truly are. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We had a great time at DragonCon as usual. Hopefully we can actually book a con hotel for next year... #dragoncon2025

They already know: the only way they can win is if they cheat.

Cheaters are losers.
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Trump says he's placing Washington police under federal control and deploying the National Guard Trump has promised to address homelessness and crime. Trump posted online Monday the nation's capital would be "LIBERATED" and he'd end the "days of ruthlessly killing, or hurting, innocent people."

Trump has just announced that he will federalize the DC police and deploy the National Guard to fight crime and homelessness (yes, both) in the Capitol. This is what authoritarian regimes do. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

CPB says it is shutting down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced Friday it would take steps toward its own closure after being defunded by Congress — marking the end of a nearly six-decade era in which it fueled the...

After nearly 60 years of providing commercial free educational programming, non-partisan news, and funding to countless public television stations across the country, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shuttering its doors.
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Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' canceled by CBS, ends May 2026 CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026. The announcement on live air Thursday came two days after Colbert spoke out against Paramount Global settling with President Donald Trump...

Well, this sucks...
#Colbert #colbertlateshow
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Vacation. It's called a vacation.

US supreme court limits federal judges’ power to block Trump orders Ruling to limit nationwide injunctions could see president’s order to ban birthright citizenship partially implemented

And now Trump is king. Thanks to SCOTUS, the American democracy has now ended, this day one week before the 4th of July. Without the ability to apply injunctions against illegal or unconstitutional executive orders, the US is now effectively a monarchy.
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Mon Mothma's speech to the Galactic Senate, 2 BBY

Where are the Mon Mothmas of our Senate?

I feel this may be needed to brighten up someone's day.

I like Star Wars because sometimes it has a lot to say.

Rotting, mold-covered food in local Walmart. Blegh... 🤮 This is the sad state of things these days. And it's just going to get worse from here. #walmart

HBO Max Lives! Max to Change Its Name Back After Two Years Guess who's back? Back again? The HBO in HBO Max will return this summer, two years after Warner Bros. Discovery dropped it from the streamer's name.

HBO Max is changing its name back to HBO Max, after being just Max for the past two years... I just want to know when Twitter will change its name back to Twitter. #fixingdumbmarketingdecisions
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This is well worth remembering.

Harvard's challenge to Trump administration could test limits of government power On one side is Harvard, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, with a brand so powerful that its name is synonymous with prestige.

Good for Harvard. Let's hope they stand strong, and that other higher learning institutions follow their lead.
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Good morning. What would you like for breakfast?

Trump orders a plan to dismantle the Education Department while keeping some core functions President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for the dismantling of the Education Department. The Republican president announced his plan Thursday.

Trump has signed an order to terminate the Dept. of Education, because education has no place in Trump's deranged vision of America.
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I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

Everyone needs to read this, so share this post or share the link.
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Make it so!
#saintpatrickday #StPatricksDay

How fentanyl has poisoned relations between the US and Canada Canada is not a ‘big player’ in the fentanyl trade: well under 1% of the fentanyl entering the US comes from Canada. In fact, fentanyl from Canada is not even mentioned as a drug trafficking threat to...

Just FYI, more drugs enter Canada from the US than the other way around, including fentanyl.
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Mar-a-Lago goat has sparked outrage from Christians The goat is plastered in fake $100 bills in which Trump's face has replaced Benjamin Franklins. The bills say 'In Trump We Trust' instead of 'In God We Trust.'

Yes, folks, this is real. Trump has a literal Golden Calf idol to himself in Mar-a-Lago. I can't even make it up. Please make sure all your Christian friends know about this. You can read more here: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...