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bucolic_frolic

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27. Kennedy Center was just the beginning

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 04:05 PM

Jun 18

History when it gains control will reverse it all.

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Trump administration quietly shifts $352m in federal funds for White House ballroom [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 18 OP

How many levels of thievery must we witness, before somebody does something? yellow dahlia Jun 18 #1

I say this every day!! young_at_heart Jun 18 #5

It's a kind of psychological torture to have to witness this. yellow dahlia Jun 18 #6

It absolutely is! IrishAfricanAmerican Jun 18 #14

Sad, but true. yellow dahlia Jun 18 #18

Some of us have been suffering with it since his first "term"... slightlv Jun 18 #23

They will magically have it back when a democrat is in the White House. Claustrum Jun 18 #33

Kick dalton99a Jun 18 #2

I liked the old White House. The one without Trump. twodogsbarking Jun 18 #3

He will shift the other 2/3's in a week or so. twodogsbarking Jun 18 #4

I don't get how freely... purr-rat beauty Jun 18 #7

There are levels of approval that are needed. These establish accounting controls. underpants Jun 18 #28

Stop thief! City Lights Jun 18 #8

Wanted: At least one adult to be in the room Seinan Sensei Jun 18 #10

"East Wing Modernization Project",,, Originally, the ballroom would not affect the East Wing. Norrrm Jun 18 #9

Everything's a bait-and-switch scam for this sleazy condo salesman. sop Jun 18 #24

Once Congress releases money to anything under the umbrella of the Executive it is theirs to do with what they want Cheezoholic Jun 18 #11

Any contractors that accept the money should be banned from government contracts for the next twenty years. cstanleytech Jun 18 #12

Really? From Secret Service? BadgerMom Jun 18 #13

He's going to gut the SS budget, and replace... LudwigPastorius Jun 18 #15

It's supposedly for upgrades under the ground. underpants Jun 18 #30

Hey, it worked when he took DoD money to pay for the "wall" that Mexico was supposed to pay for. progressoid Jun 18 #16

And who wants to bet that the poll company he hired to redo the reflecting pool gave him a kickback. Lonestarblue Jun 18 #17

Didn't the courts shut down his ballroom construction at the end of May or beginning of June? Bev54 Jun 18 #19

When I first started reading this, your question came to my mind..I, too, thought this project was stopped Deuxcents Jun 18 #29

How do they get away with this? Doesn't Congress have to approve the movement of funds? ChicagoTeamster Jun 18 #20

It is not a ballroom it is a Furhrer Bunker Botany Jun 18 #21

That's my thinking. Harker Jun 18 #25

He's leaving,one way or the other........... Bengus81 Jun 18 #32

We know congress won't do anything. Hieronymus Phact Jun 18 #22

"There is no bottom... GiqueCee Jun 18 #26

Kennedy Center was just the beginning bucolic_frolic Jun 18 #27

It would be hard to find something,anything to impeach his ass over Bengus81 Jun 18 #31

IMPEACH !!! Martin Eden Jun 19 #34

Shouldn't the word "illegally" be in that headline somewhere? Maeve Jun 19 #35