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Sky Blue's avatar

I'm afraid that while trump and his maga cult regime are attacking boats out in the Pacific. .....

.... they're going to get closer and closer to California.

And we ALL know that they WILL eventually find a reason to attack the West Coast!

The MOST IGNORANT PETTY and CRIMINALLY SADISTIC PRESIDENT and REGIME in AMERICAN history!!

VOTE ALL maga OUT!!

They OBVIOUSLY CARE NOTHING about AMERICA or AMERICANS!!!

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Edie Sadowski's avatar

Agree totally!💯💯💯💯💯

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MariElena's avatar

Compared to everything that you've written today, there is something quite trite that I wonder about. How quickly was the East Wing demolished and was care taken to remove asbestos? If not, well, nothing would surprise me.

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Diane B's avatar

Of course it wasn’t. That takes time and expertise.

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Merry's avatar

Earlier today, I did a bit of research about permits, asbestos etc. And of course Donny didn’t apply for permits. He’s the king of the world and he does whatever he wants whenever he wants! I’m so furious about it! What he’s doing feels deeply PERSONAL! So INSULTING! He’s literally taking a wrecking ball to the PEOPLES’ HOUSE! A true metaphor for what he’s doing to OUR COUNTRY!!!! 😖🤬🤯

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“Trump’s crew may be spreading asbestos with unpermitted White House teardown: expert”

“It should have been top of mind to the Trump administration, as the West Wing of the White House underwent a massive remediation project of asbestos in 2019 that required top advisors to relocate to the second floor of the building while it was being done.

“It wasn't until 1989 that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a ban on most products containing asbestos. A court overturned most of the ban, and only a few products have been specifically banned. That, however, includes all new uses of the substance, the EPA describes.

“One reason Boardman is aware that no asbestos remediation has occurred is that the White House would have needed to obtain a permit from Washington, D.C. In fact, there haven't been any permits requested for the project.”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/9-things-to-know-about-the-250-million-ballroom-trump-is-adding-to-the-white-house

https://www.rawstory.com/white-house-ballroom-2674223546/

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Kathy Hughes's avatar

This isn’t the first time he did this. He did this with the Bonwit Teller building too.

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MariElena's avatar

Thank you for your research. Information is astounding.

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Kathy Hughes's avatar

When he wrecked the Bonwit Teller building to build Trump Tower. He hired a number of undocumented men from Poland to perform the work to finish the teardown of the Bonwit Teller building. The building contained some asbestos, which required proper handling as protective equipment for the workers in charge of its removal. Trump didn’t warn the workers there was asbestos in the building, nor did he provide protective equipment for the men tasked with removing the asbestos. The asbestos issue is a serious one as it is a known carcinogen and loose fibers can be breathed in and eventually cause malignant mesothelioma.

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Stop the BS247's avatar

It will be discovered when the first construction worker falls ill in 10 years.

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Sky Blue's avatar

OR the first worker get hurt on the job!

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AmericanHistoryGeek's avatar

My post from another site:

Noticing the spraying of water over the Asbestos-filled dust cloud rising from the demolition has us wondering if there is a bit of concern for the workers on site?!? Nah, according to 🍊🤡, asbestos is a healthy thing that is imported from motherrussia where the shipping containers all have his face on them!

Russian mining firm puts Trump's face on its asbestos productshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/11/asbestos-trump-face-seal-uralasbest-russia?CMP=share_btn_url

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MariElena's avatar

Unbelievable. And thank you.

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Zija Pulp's avatar

Who can bring up charges against Donald, Hegseth, or Miller about killing until-proven-guilty Venezuelans in boats?

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Patricia's avatar

I was wondering the same thing… those son of bitches are murdering people with no evidence they were guilty of anything!!!🤬🤬🤬

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Marcia McGovern's avatar

Exactly 💯 %

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Maureen O'Malley's avatar

Same as ICE, which is acting with his blessing if not actual direction.

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Christine E's avatar

doctor mary. I've just accidentally disappeared a very long response to your coverage. basically, he's committing TREASON every day he sends his derelicts into the streets to promote violence. the destruction every day, every week, every minute that he engages in is illegal and UNCONSTITUTIONAL and no one will stop him. can he be arrested for war crimes by the international Court? i don't know much about that process but it might take other countries' involvement to hold him accountable.

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Skepticat's avatar

I've wondered the same thing about an international court, as we can't rely on the courts in the. This psychotic maniac is committing international war crimes and needs to be stopped somehow, some way, by someone.

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Michael's avatar

The international courts are considering this now

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Stressed Sue's avatar

Mary, I wish I could take a pill to erase every second of my life that Trump has been living in my brain. I said it before, and I repeat: I have begun to envy the dead, because they are beyond his evil reach.

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Tina Eden's avatar

Dear Sue, please do bynot give up. I believe that good will prevail and I believe in Karma. Remember to step away from the news a couple days a week. That keeps me sane. This too will pass. My parents and family lived in Europe during WW2, it was hard, but they prevailed. They did not lose hope. Take care!

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Stressed Sue's avatar

Thank you, Tina. Good advice!

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Bruce Allen Oatway's avatar

Nice recap of this week's insanity. Bottom line? Who's going to stop him?

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Merry's avatar

Checks n balances are GONE!

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Maureen O'Malley's avatar

Along with the Constitution.

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Merry's avatar

Yep. Rule of law? Gone. Constitution? Gone? SCOTUS as the final arbiter “of federal constitutional law, meaning it has the ultimate authority to interpret the Constitution and ensure laws and government actions comply with it.

It serves as the court of last resort for legal disputes and has the power of judicial review, allowing it to strike down laws that violate the Constitution and protect civil liberties.” GONE GONE GONE.

We’re rapidly being dismantled and destroyed by the proverbial “enemy from within”. I’m exhausted.

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Maureen O'Malley's avatar

You're absolutely right. Sadly.

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Maureen O'Malley's avatar

I'm hoping for a Blue Wave next year, which the GOP clearly fears, and which the Blue states recognize and are doing what they can to counter GOP attempts to avoid the inevitable. And I hope the Blue Wave will leave intact the spines of Dems and that we'll be done with him. If he lives that long, given his current poor health.

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Merry's avatar

My concern is that trump will create so much chaos and conflict that he’ll declare a nation emergency, initiate martial law, weaponized the military, shut down the government and suspend midterm elections.

I’m hoping for 6 feet under!

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Maureen O'Malley's avatar

Multiple people are suggesting the same, and I agree that this is what he wants. And I'm hoping for the same as you suggest, appalling as it is to find myself thinking that way.

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Merry's avatar

Where’s the CIA when ya need ‘em!! sigh

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Lisa P. Singer's avatar

"You know we kind of crawled out of the '60s. We lost Reverand King, we lost John Kennedy, we lost his brother Robert, we lost Medger Evers, we lost Malcolm X, we lost all the heroes, but we came out absolutely dedicated to serving lost causes, and lost causes are the only causes worth fighting for. And the only weapon to fight with is non-violence."

-Martin Sheen, as told to Nicole Wallace on "The Best People" Podcast, Oct 13, 2025

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Wendym's avatar

Please explain how amendment 25

Amendment 2 section i believe

The military does not remove him. The same man that is sending billions to Argentina and is considering buying meat from them when he has destroyed farmers for their land. He does not care and has the codes. Wake up. He should not be there one more day. He is deciding his own lawsuits. We can’t just sit back. That’s what the Jews did. The complied

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Francis/Clare's avatar

I think his Cabinet enacts A25, so no hope there. I could be wrong.

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Wendym's avatar

We are a very stupid and disappointing country. We are watching him rip apart the WH and control our programming and we are waiting to get this maniac out legally? Ef that. Go get him, he was not even legally elected so there’s fraud, and pull his ass out

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Francis/Clare's avatar

I was hoping the military would do that when they were stupidly gathered in DC.

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Wendym's avatar

I wish they had done it 3 months ago but the Dems go by the law and there is no more law. He is granting himself $230 million in his own lawsuit

Time to put the “law” aside and save our country.

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Maureen O'Malley's avatar

Then we have absolute anarchy. We're a nation of laws and must follow them. The pendulum continuously swings, and this won't remain.

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Francis/Clare's avatar

Agree 100%.

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Victoria lapierre's avatar

Informative article. Thank you ! Truth matters

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Patricia's avatar

I think I know the answer but …… did he get any permits to destroy the White House OUR HOUSE?!!

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Tina Eden's avatar

I bet he did not get any permits. It is an historical building, many rules and research would be needed. Especially for the new build. Those things take time. But T is above the law, so I doubt if permits figured into this debacle.

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Merry's avatar

I answered the same question above with this response 👇🏻…

Earlier today, I did a bit of research about permits, asbestos etc. And of course Donny didn’t apply for permits. He’s the king of the world and he does whatever he wants whenever he wants! I’m so furious about it! What he’s doing feels deeply PERSONAL! So INSULTING! He’s literally taking a wrecking ball to the PEOPLES’ HOUSE! A true metaphor for what he’s doing to OUR COUNTRY!!!! 😖🤬🤯

excerpts…

“Trump’s crew may be spreading asbestos with unpermitted White House teardown: expert”

“It should have been top of mind to the Trump administration, as the West Wing of the White House underwent a massive remediation project of asbestos in 2019 that required top advisors to relocate to the second floor of the building while it was being done.

“It wasn't until 1989 that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a ban on most products containing asbestos. A court overturned most of the ban, and only a few products have been specifically banned. That, however, includes all new uses of the substance, the EPA describes.

“One reason Boardman is aware that no asbestos remediation has occurred is that the White House would have needed to obtain a permit from Washington, D.C. In fact, there haven't been any permits requested for the project.”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/9-things-to-know-about-the-250-million-ballroom-trump-is-adding-to-the-white-house

https://www.rawstory.com/white-house-ballroom-2674223546/

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P Krick's avatar

Mary--- As his relative, this must all be especially hard for you. My heart goes out to you.

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Darrell Smith's avatar

100 years ago the Republicans controlled the American government and were getting rich doing it. They lied about everything and when it finally crashed in 1929, many of them lost their riches and social position.

Here in Arkansas the few jobs evaporated. Fathers had no way to feed their family. My parents were children but they suffered also. My grandfather Hiram Hatfield had to become a sharecropper. They lived in basically a shack with no interior walls. They nailed potato sacks over the openings in the exterior walls. The Hatfield girls included my mom who was the oldest. They had one coal oil lantern to do their school work by. No electricity or running water.

20 years later my grandparents lived in a house with electricity but it was 1958 before they had running water. Hiram dug the shallow well himself.

Many of the men who couldn't feed their families were ruined by the Great Depression. Their grandchildren are here now. All of the positive things that have happened since 1929 are being torn down by the Republicans so they can get rich.

It will crash again and the people who can no longer feed their families or themselves will be hunting for the Republicans that did that to them.

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Bob De Thomas's avatar

Now the cost has gone from $250 million to $300 million. It wouldn't surprise me if the final cost is more than half a billion dollars. Since your uncle has proven with this project that he just can't tell the truth, at this point why should any sane person believe ANYTHING he says?

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DW's avatar

🫣

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Sara's avatar

I can only hope I live long enough to see karma in full effect.

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