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<\/a><\/p>\nDean Blundell: The White House Was Never Meant To Be A Palace For A King\u2014Until Now<\/a><\/h2>\nThe founders built a modest president\u2019s residence for a republic. Bulldozing the East Wing to make room for a donor\u2011funded ballroom flips that choice<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Yesterday, demolition crews began tearing into the East Wing of the White House. The stated aim: clear space for a new, privately financed ballroom\u2014a project touted at $200\u2013$250 million, roughly 90,000 square feet, with a capacity up to 999 guests. A new monument to America\u2019s King, seeking a palace fit for a king. The images are jarring: water trucks suppressing dust as excavators bite into a wing that, for generations, handled the unglamorous work of the People\u2019s House.<\/p>\n
\n(Dean Blundell more…)<\/a><\/p>\nMary Geddry: The Ballrooms of Babylon<\/a><\/h2>\nIndependent: Viral images of White House demolition spark edict to Treasury staffers next door after critics shred Trump ballroom work as \u2018grotesque\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\n\u201cAs construction proceeds on the White House grounds, employees should refrain from taking and sharing photographs of the grounds, to include the East Wing, without prior approval from the Office of Public Affairs,\u201d an email sent Tuesday by Treasury officials, and viewed by The Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>, read.<\/p>\nNY Times: Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases<\/a><\/h2>\nSenior department officials who were defense lawyers for the president and those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts.<\/p>\n
Michele Hornish: Small Towns, Red States, No Kings<\/a><\/h2>\nHeather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – October 21, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\nOn this, the twenty-first day of the government shutdown, President Donald J. Trump invited all but one Republican senator to lunch today at what he calls the \u201cRose Garden Club,\u201d a patio where the White House Rose Garden used to be. The missing senator was Rand Paul (R-KY), whose determination to cut the national debt has led him to vote consistently against measures that will increase it, including the Republican continuing resolution to fund the government.
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\nThis afternoon, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) took the floor of the Senate to hold it through the night \u201cto protest Trump\u2019s grave threats to democracy.\u201d He said: \u201cWe cannot pretend this is normal.\u201d
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nAtlanta Black Star News: \u2018Lock Him Up!\u2019: Trump\u2019s Lie Backfires After Video Surfaces of Promise He\u2019s Now Calling \u2018Manufactured Outrage\u2019 \u2014 and Photos Instantly Call His Bluff<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nA viral clip posted to X<\/a> shows Trump boasting in July that construction of the 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom \u201cwon\u2019t interfere with the current building.\u201d But in a split-screen cut, demolition crews can be seen ripping through the East Wing \u2014 sending clouds of dust into the air and Trump\u2019s credibility with it.<\/p>\n
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NY Times: Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Charged With Threatening Hakeem Jeffries<\/h2>\n
The New York man, Christopher Moynihan, appears to be the only rioter so far who has been charged again with committing an offense against an elected official.<\/p>\n
An upstate New York man pardoned by President Trump after taking part in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was charged last week with a new crime: threatening to assassinate Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, at an event in New York City.
\n(NY Times more…)<\/p>\n
Jason Easley: Mike Johnson Accused Of 1\/6 Cover-Up<\/a><\/h2>\n
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AP: Ecuador says it has no evidence that survivor of a US strike in the Caribbean committed any crime<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Terrence Goggin: Ominous cracks emerge in Trump world: a planned invasion of Venezuela is scrapped; narco killings are \u201cquestionable\u201d and the Senate reacts to Trump nominating a Nazi<\/a><\/h2>\nIt is inaccurately assumed by many that the President of the United States can order the U.S. Military into action without the \u201cbuy in\u201d of the professional military leadership nor the authorization of Congress. As a practical matter the President could order a land invasion of Venezuela, as he has threatened to do so to topple Venezuela\u2019s President Nicholas Maduro. But if the Military views such a mission as unwise, tactically irresponsible, unnecessarily weakening key strategic assets and interests, it can vehemently oppose the idea. If the President insists as Commander in Chief, the Military will slow walk the Intelligence and tactical planing; then create leaks to Congress and the public that undermine the reasoning for such an operation. It then structures a brick wall within the Pentagon of silent derision and procrastination.
\n(Terrence Goggin more…)<\/a><\/p>\nWashington Times: \u2018He lost us\u2019: Generals, senior officers say trust in Hegseth has evaporated<\/a><\/h2>\nSecretary’s critics worry Pentagon at risk of enduring damage amid firings, resignations and early retirements of high-ranking staff<\/p>\n
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Times: Trump-Putin summit off after Russia rejects ceasefire proposal<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nHowever, the plans for a summit have collapsed after a call between Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, and Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, on Monday, during which the Kremlin refused to budge from its \u201cmaximalist\u201d demands.
\n(Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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NY Times: Donald Trump\u2019s New World Disorder<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nIt is a stunning act of superpower suicide: Never before has the world\u2019s reigning superpower intentionally dismantled a system designed to sustain its own leadership, particularly while those trappings were returning enormous benefits.<\/p>\n
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KUT: UT Austin is one of two universities that haven’t rejected Trump administration’s funding compact<\/a><\/h2>\n
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TNR: Trump\u2019s Secret Police Shot a Citizen. Then Damning New Info Emerged.<\/a><\/h2>\nWGME: ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine<\/a><\/h2>\nCNN: Federal vehicle in Chicago ramming case may have had repairs before defense looked at it. Can the court do anything about it?<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Marisa Kabas: I’m suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid<\/a><\/h2>\nThe Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.<\/p>\n
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James Eagle: The AI ecosystem is becoming tightly interwoven<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nThis concentration of compute, capital and strategic deals creates immense power but also fragility. A disruption to any key node could ripple through the entire network.
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Decoding Fox News: Who Cares About Peace There are Drug Boats to Destroy!<\/a><\/h2>\nA condensed overview of 17 hours of Fox News for the week ending 10\/19\/25<\/p>\n
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Borowitz: Mike Johnson Opts for Medically Induced Coma to Avoid Swearing in New Democratic Congresswoman<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nTimeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department\u2019s Anti-Voting Shift<\/a><\/h2>\nTracking the Lawsuits Against Trump\u2019s Agenda<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump Pardons Database<\/a><\/h2>\nProject 2025 Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nDOGE Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nProPublica: Elon Musk\u2019s Demolition Crew<\/a><\/h2>\nWired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration\u2019s Attacks on Civil Liberties<\/a><\/h2>\n\n- The Impact Map<\/a>\n
- United States Disappeared Tracke<\/a>r\n
- ICE Flight Tracking<\/a>\n
- Regulatory Changes Tracker<\/a>\n
- Trump Administration Litigation Trackers<\/a>\n
- Far Right Groups Targeting Pride Month<\/a>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a>Yesterday, demolition crews began tearing into the East Wing of the White House. The stated aim: clear space for a new, privately financed ballroom\u2014a project touted at $200\u2013$250 million, roughly 90,000 square feet, with a capacity up to 999 guests. A new monument to America\u2019s King, seeking a palace fit for a king. The images are jarring: water trucks suppressing dust as excavators bite into a wing that, for generations, handled the unglamorous work of the People\u2019s House.<\/p>\n… Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for the president and those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts.<\/p>\n On this, the twenty-first day of the government shutdown, President Donald J. Trump invited all but one Republican senator to lunch today at what he calls the \u201cRose Garden Club,\u201d a patio where the White House Rose Garden used to be. The missing senator was Rand Paul (R-KY), whose determination to cut the national debt has led him to vote consistently against measures that will increase it, including the Republican continuing resolution to fund the government. … The New York man, Christopher Moynihan, appears to be the only rioter so far who has been charged again with committing an offense against an elected official.<\/p>\n An upstate New York man pardoned by President Trump after taking part in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was charged last week with a new crime: threatening to assassinate Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, at an event in New York City. It is inaccurately assumed by many that the President of the United States can order the U.S. Military into action without the \u201cbuy in\u201d of the professional military leadership nor the authorization of Congress. As a practical matter the President could order a land invasion of Venezuela, as he has threatened to do so to topple Venezuela\u2019s President Nicholas Maduro. But if the Military views such a mission as unwise, tactically irresponsible, unnecessarily weakening key strategic assets and interests, it can vehemently oppose the idea. If the President insists as Commander in Chief, the Military will slow walk the Intelligence and tactical planing; then create leaks to Congress and the public that undermine the reasoning for such an operation. It then structures a brick wall within the Pentagon of silent derision and procrastination. Secretary’s critics worry Pentagon at risk of enduring damage amid firings, resignations and early retirements of high-ranking staff<\/p>\n … … The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.<\/p>\n … A condensed overview of 17 hours of Fox News for the week ending 10\/19\/25<\/p>\n <\/center><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" curated news excerpts & citations Dean Blundell: The White House Was Never Meant To Be A Palace For A King\u2014Until Now The founders built a modest president\u2019s residence for a republic. Bulldozing the East Wing to make room for a donor\u2011funded ballroom flips that choice Yesterday, demolition crews began tearing into the East Wing of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-5"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6220"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6288,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6220\/revisions\/6288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n(Dean Blundell more…)<\/a><\/p>\nMary Geddry: The Ballrooms of Babylon<\/a><\/h2>\n
Independent: Viral images of White House demolition spark edict to Treasury staffers next door after critics shred Trump ballroom work as \u2018grotesque\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n\u201cAs construction proceeds on the White House grounds, employees should refrain from taking and sharing photographs of the grounds, to include the East Wing, without prior approval from the Office of Public Affairs,\u201d an email sent Tuesday by Treasury officials, and viewed by The Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>, read.<\/p>\nNY Times: Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases<\/a><\/h2>\n
Michele Hornish: Small Towns, Red States, No Kings<\/a><\/h2>\n
Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – October 21, 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n…
\nThis afternoon, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) took the floor of the Senate to hold it through the night \u201cto protest Trump\u2019s grave threats to democracy.\u201d He said: \u201cWe cannot pretend this is normal.\u201d
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\nAtlanta Black Star News: \u2018Lock Him Up!\u2019: Trump\u2019s Lie Backfires After Video Surfaces of Promise He\u2019s Now Calling \u2018Manufactured Outrage\u2019 \u2014 and Photos Instantly Call His Bluff<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nA viral clip posted to X<\/a> shows Trump boasting in July that construction of the 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom \u201cwon\u2019t interfere with the current building.\u201d But in a split-screen cut, demolition crews can be seen ripping through the East Wing \u2014 sending clouds of dust into the air and Trump\u2019s credibility with it.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nNY Times: Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Charged With Threatening Hakeem Jeffries<\/h2>\n
\n(NY Times more…)<\/p>\nJason Easley: Mike Johnson Accused Of 1\/6 Cover-Up<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nAP: Ecuador says it has no evidence that survivor of a US strike in the Caribbean committed any crime<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nTerrence Goggin: Ominous cracks emerge in Trump world: a planned invasion of Venezuela is scrapped; narco killings are \u201cquestionable\u201d and the Senate reacts to Trump nominating a Nazi<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(Terrence Goggin more…)<\/a><\/p>\nWashington Times: \u2018He lost us\u2019: Generals, senior officers say trust in Hegseth has evaporated<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nTimes: Trump-Putin summit off after Russia rejects ceasefire proposal<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nHowever, the plans for a summit have collapsed after a call between Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, and Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, on Monday, during which the Kremlin refused to budge from its \u201cmaximalist\u201d demands.
\n(Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nNY Times: Donald Trump\u2019s New World Disorder<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nIt is a stunning act of superpower suicide: Never before has the world\u2019s reigning superpower intentionally dismantled a system designed to sustain its own leadership, particularly while those trappings were returning enormous benefits.<\/p>\n
\nKUT: UT Austin is one of two universities that haven’t rejected Trump administration’s funding compact<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n(KUT more…)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\nTNR: Trump\u2019s Secret Police Shot a Citizen. Then Damning New Info Emerged.<\/a><\/h2>\n
WGME: ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine<\/a><\/h2>\n
CNN: Federal vehicle in Chicago ramming case may have had repairs before defense looked at it. Can the court do anything about it?<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nMarisa Kabas: I’m suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nJames Eagle: The AI ecosystem is becoming tightly interwoven<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nThis concentration of compute, capital and strategic deals creates immense power but also fragility. A disruption to any key node could ripple through the entire network.
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\n(James Eagle more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nDecoding Fox News: Who Cares About Peace There are Drug Boats to Destroy!<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nBorowitz: Mike Johnson Opts for Medically Induced Coma to Avoid Swearing in New Democratic Congresswoman<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nTimeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department\u2019s Anti-Voting Shift<\/a><\/h2>\n
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump\u2019s Agenda<\/a><\/h2>\n
Trump Pardons Database<\/a><\/h2>\n
Project 2025 Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
DOGE Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
ProPublica: Elon Musk\u2019s Demolition Crew<\/a><\/h2>\n
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration\u2019s Attacks on Civil Liberties<\/a><\/h2>\n
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