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“If the West Wing is the mind of the nation, then the East Wing is the heart.”

- former First Lady Betty Ford

The East Wing is gone.

Over a century of American history, reduced to rubble.

All to appease the vanity of a corrupt authoritarian.

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups AND Terry Rozier has been arrested by the FBI for alleged illegal gambling, sources tell ESPN. ESPN Bet on the sCREEN

Assault any and all bespectacled public strangers. The only solution.

It looks like the East Wing is pretty much gone

A beautiful Arizona view from the top of the road. Red peaks and palm trees in the distance.

I walk here several times a week. I usually come out closer to sunset, but yesterday I went earlier because I was restless. Wow, it was clearly the magic hour for this spot. It doesn’t usually look this stunning, 🫨😃! Also, because of the recent rains, there’s a lot of green.

I'll never forget, November, 2016, when his reign of terror began. A couple of days after the election I was in therapy and I said "I know it's not your job to offer political commentary, but I gotta tell you, I'm scared." Therapist paused and said very quietly "something foul has been unleashed."

I'm not gonna go try to find out myself, because I'm sure it would make me want to throw up, but I wonder what the hallowed keepers of conservative thought in American journalism think of the president destroying a third of the White House

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BREAKING: Letitia James has announced a Government portal for Videos and images of ICE Agents who may have committed crimes.

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White House Staffers Couldn’t Care Less About the East Wing Demolition “Not affecting me at all, to be honest,” a White House aide tells WIRED.

White House staffers don't see the big deal about tearing down an entire wing of the White House. from @jakelahut.writes.news

WaPo: From the Nixon Tapes to not being able to spell a second grade vocabulary word

A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle.

Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I'm not sure you can get more marie antoinette than taking away food stamps before thanksgiving while you build a gold and marble dance hall so the other crooks can bring bribe you over a badly-cooked (argentinian) steak

Shot of a crowd of protestors with anti-ICE signs in front of 26 Federal Plaza. The "26 Federal Plaza" sign is the middle of the row of signs.

Protestors in front of the notorious 26 Federal Plaza building where ICE is holding immigrants in cells that they won't give legislators access to.

E g. The food bank here in San Diego buys bulk quantities of rice for a fraction of supermarket costs and re-packages it themselves in consumer-sized packages for distribution. Your money there goes much, much further than an in-kind donation. (In kind donations and volunteering are still good tho!)

Call my agent!

Here’s the thing: none of it actually matters to them and they’ll have different grievances next week. You can’t gotcha them

"Spill the Wine" and "Mama Told Me Not to Come" recount the events of the same party from the perspective of two guests, a cool guy and a square

David Chase is coming back to TV, swapping mobsters for CIA mind control David Chase is coming back to TV, swapping mobsters for CIA mind control

The Sopranos creator has a new project set up at HBO for the first time in 18 years: Project: MKUltra
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Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”

Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.

a tweet from bryan johnson (the smooth technology man who will live forever) that opens with the phrase "I eliminated 85% of microplastics from my ejaculate."

[kool keith voice] i eliminated 85% of microplastics from my ejaculate

“Open war upon you, whether you would risk it or not.”

Country has been in Civil Cold War since felon’s first term, if nor since George W Bush era.

Never thought I'd see the day. AC/DC just announced they're raising the price of Dirty Deeds, effective immediately.

A sign on a store shelf reading "'Proplifting' is picking up fallen succulent leaves (or any other plant leaf) off the floors of garden centers or pinching off leaves and taking them home to propagate - IT IS THEFT! PLEASE DO NOT DO IT."

YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A PLANT

Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.

This excellent point. By demolishing part of White House, metaphorical stain on presidency becomes tangible - and just as impossible to wash away.

Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House.

Monday's photo from the Washington Post

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.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance by Chris Yogerst "...A groundbreaking, thoroughly researched book-length study of John Ford's last masterpiece. It is an essential read for anyone interested in Ford's films or the career of John Wayne." —W.K. Stratton, author of The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah, a Revolution of Hollywood, and the Making of a Legendary Film

Published October 21st! Writer and film historian @chrisyogerst.com takes us on a deep-dive of THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, exploring the myth of the Old West and the ways we choose to tell stories about the past. #booksky #Westerns

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Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.

Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!