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"The White House says construction of Trump’s ballroom in place of the East Wing of the White House will also continue during the shutdown."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #Republicans #shutdown #FederalGovernment #cruelty #food #healthcare #WhiteHouse #ballroom
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Reading every headline & lede that invariably starts with “Democrats block GOP bill”, I’d like to remind everyone, the #media especially, that Trump’s party — the #RepublicanParty — controls the #WhiteHouse & both chambers of #Congress.
This shutdown is their doing.
By all accounts #Trump & #Project2025’s #RussVought absolutely wanted it because it consolidates #power under the #ExecutiveBranch, exactly what they have been working for.
Reading every headline & lede that invariably starts with “Democrats block GOP bill”, I’d like to remind everyone, the #media especially, that Trump’s party — the #RepublicanParty — controls the #WhiteHouse & both chambers of #Congress.
This shutdown is their doing.
By all accounts #Trump & #Project2025’s #RussVought absolutely wanted it because it consolidates #power under the #ExecutiveBranch, exactly what they have been working for.
Shut it down -- just the WH. From Christopher Weyant. #governmentshutdown #Whitehouse #uspolitics #humor
Shut it down -- just the WH. From Christopher Weyant. #governmentshutdown #Whitehouse #uspolitics #humor
The Man Behind #Trump’s Push for an All-Powerful Presidency
Russell T. Vought spent years drawing up plans to expand presidential #power & shrink federal bureaucracy. Now he is moving closer to making that vision a reality, threatening to erode #ChecksAndBalances.
#RussVought #Project2025 #law #democracy #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/us/politics/russell-vought-trump-budget.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#RussVought, the #WhiteHouse budget [#OMB] director, was preparing the #Trump admin’s 2026 budget proposal this spring when his staff got some surprising news: #ElonMusk’s cost-cutting team was unilaterally axing items that Vought had intended to keep.
Vought, a numbers wonk who rarely raises his voice, could barely contain his frustration, telling colleagues that he felt sidelined & undermined by the haphazard chaos of the #Musk-led #DOGE, acc/to 6 people w/knowledge of his comments….
Senator #ChuckSchumer, #Democrat of New York & the minority leader, called the #WhiteHouse memo “an attempt at #intimidation.”
“#Trump has been firing #FederalWorkers since day one — not to #govern, but to scare. This is nothing new & has nothing to do with #funding the government. These unnecessary firings will either be overturned in court or the administration will end up hiring the workers back, just like they did as recently as today,”Schumer said in a stmnt.
#Grotesque #gauche #plutocracy
In Trump’s remake of the #WhiteHouse, the #RoseGarden is now the #RoseGardenClub, with the iconic lawn outside the Oval Office transformed into a #taxpayer-supported imitation of the patio at #MaraLago….
#Trump debuted the name during his first formal dinner there this month & has included it on his official public schedule. He’s set to host another event Wednesday evening w/members of his Cabinet & senior staff….
#billionaire #elitism
https://apnews.com/article/trump-white-house-rose-garden-club-e862eba55133195f0297c3595ba4122f?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-09-24-At+1600+Pennsylvania
Senator #ChuckSchumer, #Democrat of New York & the minority leader, called the #WhiteHouse memo “an attempt at #intimidation.”
“#Trump has been firing #FederalWorkers since day one — not to #govern, but to scare. This is nothing new & has nothing to do with #funding the government. These unnecessary firings will either be overturned in court or the administration will end up hiring the workers back, just like they did as recently as today,”Schumer said in a stmnt.
The #RussVought #Project2025 #OMB told #FederalAgencies late Wednesday to use the opportunity of a potential shutdown “to consider Reduction in Force” [#RIF] notices to lay off federal employees. The #WhiteHouse also told agency leaders to focus on eliminating positions where #funding had expired, or could not be sourced under other laws, & had been deemed to be “not consistent” with #Trump’s political agenda.
Others expressed frustration that even many commanders stationed overseas will be required to attend #Hegseth’s impromptu summit, with some questioning the wisdom in doing so. “It will make the commands just diminished if something pops up,” a #defense official said.
The Defense Dept possesses highly secure videoconferencing technology that enables #military officials, regardless of their
location, to discuss sensitive matters with the #WhiteHouse, the #Pentagon or both.
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