huh, neat: https://www.ncpc.gov/participate/guidelines/
east wing reconstruction comments?
Heidi Li Feldman
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Please take a moment if you're in the USA to comment on the official proposal for Trump's ballroom. This is a legally mandated review period from the National Capitol Planning Commission. Let them know that the US citizens do not want this travesty.
Please take a moment if you're in the USA to comment on the official proposal for Trump's ballroom. This is a legally mandated review period from the National Capitol Planning Commission. Let them know that the US citizens do not want this travesty.
… #Trump is still on a renaming crusade that seems aimed not at building a legacy so much as appropriating those of others. He seems to find that approach easier.
As president, the real estate mogul & self-proclaimed builder of great things has turned out to be not much of a builder at all. He tears stuff down.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/opinion/trump-university-airport.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Occasionally, as with the #EastWing of the #WhiteHouse, #Trump destroys something meaningful, with an eye toward replacing it with a bigger, golder version more befitting his imperial tastes. But he seems to lack what it takes to create or even to inspire institutions or monuments built to endure.
Drawing glory & profit from the creations of others has long been part of Trump’s M.O. The Trump Organization has licensed the family name for use on other companies’ developments.
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100 pounds of cotton a day by age seven to help his family survive in Alabama.
▪️1935: He set four world records in 45 minutes at the Big Ten Championships—a feat still unmatched in sports history.
▪️1936: He won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, shattering #Nazi racial #propaganda on the world stage.
👉🏽The Harsh Reality of Jim Crow:
Despite his global triumph, Owens returned to a segregated America. Even as a world champion:
▪️He was forced to use the freight elevator to reach his own
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celebratory reception at the Waldorf-Astoria.
▪️President Franklin D. Roosevelt, eyeing reelection and dependent on Southern white voters, ignored the entire team of 18 Black Olympians.
👉🏽 No telegram. No #WhiteHouse invitation.
Official recognition took decades:
✅ 1955: #President Dwight D. Eisenhower named Owens an “Ambassador of Sports.”
✅ 1976: President Gerald Ford awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
✅ 2016: President Barack #Obama finally honored the 18 Black Olympians of
Michael Graaf
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Sooo, how's that bunker under where the East Wing of the White House going?
Sooo, how's that bunker under where the East Wing of the White House going?
Cassidy James :rr: :gg: :fh:
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"The White House posted a digitally altered image of a woman who was arrested on Thursday in a case touted by the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, to make it seem as if she was dramatically crying, a Guardian analysis of the image has found."
~ Sam Levine
#WhiteHouse #Minnesota #AI #lies
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/white-house-ice-protest-arrest-altered-image
"The White House posted a digitally altered image of a woman who was arrested on Thursday in a case touted by the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, to make it seem as if she was dramatically crying, a Guardian analysis of the image has found."
~ Sam Levine
#WhiteHouse #Minnesota #AI #lies
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/white-house-ice-protest-arrest-altered-image
White House Posts Altered Photo Showing Arrested Minnesota Protester Crying
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/us/politics/nekima-armstrong-photo-white-house.html
#HackerNews #WhiteHouse #AlteredPhoto #MinnesotaProtester #Crying #NewsPolitics #SocialMedia
White House defends sharing AI image showing arrested woman crying
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce9yydgmzdvt
#HackerNews #WhiteHouse #AIimage #ArrestedWoman #Crying #NewsMedia
If Ukraine gives up land to get a peace deal, eventually reclaiming that land may require Russia's internal collapse. History shows voluntary returns of occupied territory are extremely rare. https://theconversation.com/ukraine-is-under-pressure-to-trade-land-for-peace-if-it-does-history-shows-it-might-not-ever-get-it-back-271609
@TheConversationUS #Ukrainians should not cede *any* land to #VladTheInvader. But if cowardly fools in #Europe and the #Russian puppet in the #WhiteHouse force them to, it will soon be returned, with interest. The Gods of #Comedy have foretold it!
The #SinoFinnishBorder that has been long-anticipated by dark humorists in #Russia will certainly not cross over the currently recognized territories of #Ukraine , which obviously include #Crimea.
Djoerd Hiemstra 🍉
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Andreas Wagner
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FYI the US is not withdrawing from 66 "International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties" - this is a dishonest framing by the Trump administration. Most of the entities listed in the memorandum of 7 Jan 2026 are only commissions, coordination mechanisms and sub-organs of international organizations. A few of them are quite important (e.g. International Law Commission) and many do good work, but most of them are not international organizations.
For example, you have the United Nations (the international organization) which has an organ called the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) , which created a commission called the "Economic Commission for Africa". The US is only withdrawing from the commission (and 3 other regional commissions), not ECOSOC or the UN as a whole.
Why does this matter? There are not that many international organizations in the world and withdrawing is a major step with long-term consequences. By contrast there are many, many thousands of mechanisms, commissions and sub-organs. Withdrawing from 66 of these will certainly do some damage, in particular because the withdrawal focuses on entities working on climate change, democracy, the rule of law, disarmament, peace and humanitarian issues. However, this is an entirely different impact on the international order than withdrawing from the UN or the WTO, for example.
FYI the US is not withdrawing from 66 "International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties" - this is a dishonest framing by the Trump administration. Most of the entities listed in the memorandum of 7 Jan 2026 are only commissions, coordination mechanisms and sub-organs of international organizations. A few of them are quite important (e.g. International Law Commission) and many do good work, but most of them are not international organizations.
For example, you have the United Nations (the international organization) which has an organ called the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) , which created a commission called the "Economic Commission for Africa". The US is only withdrawing from the commission (and 3 other regional commissions), not ECOSOC or the UN as a whole.
Why does this matter? There are not that many international organizations in the world and withdrawing is a major step with long-term consequences. By contrast there are many, many thousands of mechanisms, commissions and sub-organs. Withdrawing from 66 of these will certainly do some damage, in particular because the withdrawal focuses on entities working on climate change, democracy, the rule of law, disarmament, peace and humanitarian issues. However, this is an entirely different impact on the international order than withdrawing from the UN or the WTO, for example.
Chip Butty
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#Antiwar organizations in #US call for emergency nationwide protests on Saturday, Jan 3
In the first hour since the call was issued, 13 cities have already listed protests against the war on #Venezuela, including in front of the #WhiteHouse at 1pm. The organization says more cities will be posted by the morning.
The listing is available at https://answercoalition.org/venezuela
#Antiwar organizations in #US call for emergency nationwide protests on Saturday, Jan 3
In the first hour since the call was issued, 13 cities have already listed protests against the war on #Venezuela, including in front of the #WhiteHouse at 1pm. The organization says more cities will be posted by the morning.
The listing is available at https://answercoalition.org/venezuela
Since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the idea of the United States being the custodian of the international rules-based order has been cast aside, lending new urgency to long-simmering questions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/28/world/filling-americas-shoes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #china #donaldtrump #climatechange #taiwan #uschinarelations #wto
@thejapantimes #WashingtonHasFallen and #Putin is extremely pleased with his puppet in the #WhiteHouse.