For me, it's not just *who*. I would be upset if anyone had done it (however almost anyone else would likely have had a very good reason, like the wing was falling into a sinkhole).
The "who" does make it worse though because it's just so, so typical of his narcissistic ways and disrespect for the country and its heritage.
I hope he doesn't take the whole house down.
@lowtide He usually does things in phases -- slowly boiling froggie, raising the temperature in fits and starts, always claiming there is precedent for it, until one day, froggie is boiled.
No one is explaining that the east wing sits over the WH nuclear shelter. They are not sharing the design plans, nothing is transparent. Something is up about that, and no one is talking about it. I don't feel good that they may be hiding plans to expand the nuclear shelter under the guise of making a ballroom. and if so, why? It's likely that the Kremlin and the Saudis and T's other friends know more about U.S. military secrets than Americans.
@spirit20 This tearing down of the East Wing made me sick and sad at the same time. Feels like the quality of our mutual heritage is being torn apart and given no consideration for its loss and what those buildings have represented in our lives and as a symbol throughout the world.
Yes, I am definitely extra traumatized.
If you have every been lucky enough to visit the White House, you entered through a building which now longer exists. My family walked through those doors during the George W Bush presidency, we were lucky enough to get tickets to tour the White House. My girls were 12 and 9.
I am a strong believer in protecting and preserving public history. This is simply devastating.
Oh, by the way, public tours have been closed indefinitely.
So many historical traditions have happened in the East Wing including the Garden Room and East Colonnadei which were decorated in different themes each year for Christmas in the Garden Room and East Colonnade. And the gardens...the loss is profound, deep, and is even more painful when MAGA people you personally know are insisting it isn't a big deal and for democrats to calm down.
Today, the person temporarily living in that house has opened the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge back up to drilling after reversing the Biden Administration decision to close it to keep it pristine.
Tonight, my inner light is greatly dimmed. My soul weeps for all which is no longer, for the former First Ladies who must feel exceptional loss, those who walked the halls of the East Wing on a daily basis and our nation.
"I know it's a lot. It’s everything you ever feared, but everything you thought wouldn't happen is is actually happening. [Robert Arnold's words are powerful (go to his link below to hear him speak it.]
"And it feels like, for every crack we make in the wall, they come back stronger, and they do.
That's the nature of it.
And maybe you feel hopeless right now, and desperate.
like everything you've done hasn't worked. Like, you're the only one who sees it.
But you're not crazy, and you're not wrong.
You are just awake in a time that teaches people to sleep through history.
We stand for something. It's time that we say it plainly, that we stand for the rule of law that means the same thing for everyone.
Not a mask for the powerful to wear when it benefits them and discard it when it doesn't.
We stand for our neighbors, sacred and sovereign in their own lives, for children who should never be zip-tied in the streets or separated from their parents under the glare of police lines.
To the right of ordinary people to rest and go to sleep without fear that their doors will be kicked in by midnight raids.
We will not stand for the militarization of our neighborhoods. We will not stand for Department of War that's forgotten its name. That acts as judge and jury and executioner, bombing boats in the night, killing men whose guilt is only suspected.
We will not stand for the state to behave like an empire and then tell us to call it freedom.
These are not abstractions; these are the faces of our neighbors.
our children and our friends. This is the quiet horror that happens.
What do people forget what power was meant to serve?
And so today, we rise…"
-- Robert Arnold from his substack Read it all by clicking below:
https://substack.com/home/post/p-176478442
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Self love is one of the keys to successful resistance.
. Timothy Mellon is a billionaire businessman, major political donor, and the anonymous donor who gifted $130 million to the U.S. government to help pay troops during a shutdown. The two are linked through Timothy's father, Paul Mellon, who was Bunny Mellon's second husband and Timothy's father.