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riversedge
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underpants
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Coolgoober
(386 posts)To venture beyond the safety of the White House perimeter?!??!! Sounds like someone who won't leave the White House 
50 Shades Of Blue
(11,484 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(181,155 posts)Coolgoober
(386 posts)At all the schools in America
yellow dahlia
(6,324 posts)
taxi
(2,748 posts)Safely locked away from all danger.
yellow dahlia
(6,324 posts)The event was not to host the President grifter - it was to honor the WH Correspondents.
Audacity thy name is Todd Blanche.
Coolgoober
(386 posts)Brilliant 
Endlessmike56
(225 posts)Coolgoober
(386 posts)So what the hell does a ballroom have to do with anything???? Any ballroom
vapor2
(4,780 posts)
GreenWave
(12,725 posts)It is time to ban all second floors from 'merica.
rurallib
(64,756 posts)Coolgoober
(386 posts)Because and assassination attempt was made on the President of the United States of America at a golf course. I guess if they build a ballroom on the third hole they could be permitted
BattleRow
(2,637 posts)Well, since the Kennedy Center is closed for renovations,I guess that's one less ballroom required.
senseandsensibility
(25,341 posts)to "streamline" the process of building the ballroom.
dweller
(28,584 posts)eventually
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Disaffected
(6,513 posts)to accommodate a heliport and indoor golf course.
Maybe make it stadium size to accommodate campaign rallies?
Hmm, what else - build it in Florida? The President for Life would approve...
Katinfl
(868 posts)magicarpet
(19,084 posts)The trDUMPee testicle--room would be a perfect venue to hold professional wrestling, cage fights until death, and kick boxing matches.
Young American males need to be taught the joys of viciousness, experience the pleasures of blood lust, and hone their skills to become a lethal combatant each and every day.
American men and boys must be prepared to do war with our enemies and friends in order to preserve the concept of American Exceptionalism.
Pinkos, queers, trans-sexuals, and/or transvestites, or cross dressers, as per the dictate s of Pete Hegseth, simply can not, do not, and will not cut the mustard. They must be banished from all branches of the US Military because they degrade the readiness of our fighting forces and de-masculinize our troops.
Men,.. Men,.. Men - Real genuine macho men only.
USA,.. USA,.. USA - home of the Fascist KKKrishtun Zealots fighting the next Crusade for Jeebuzz.
Trump's testicle--room would be the perfect place for the American Nazi Bundt to hold their Fascist Rallies to better expand their membership and their message that a kinder and gentler form of Fascism is a very good thing for America.
Fascism,... don't fight it,... just lean back and relax,... letting it wash over, bathe, and cleanse you. It makes your life so much more easier.
dalton99a
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Bengus81
(10,290 posts)just 30 min later? So...Trump and his bootlickers don't care about what happened and neither do I.
OMGWTF
(5,189 posts)AverageOldGuy
(4,057 posts). . . . metal detectors, two-way mirrors, hidden observers, bulletproof glass, armed cops, and all the other tricks in the security bag will not stop a crafty, determined would-be assassin.
CatWoman
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Just Jerome
(526 posts)that Meghan McCain did NOT mention who her father was. I hope she’s feeling well.
William Seger
(12,513 posts)I heard on ms.now that the special agent in charge of security at Butler PA was promoted to Secret Service Director, presumably because he shielded #rump after the shooting started, certainly not for directing the crackerjack team that let a kid with a rifle climb on top of one of the closest buildings. I had heard bits and pieces about what went down, but the Wikipedia synopsis is an appalling story of incompetence:
BeneteauBum
(659 posts)Was the orange creature ever in danger? From what I’ve read, the shooter was after any politician he could get to……..not specifically tRump. It looks like another smoke and mirrors move to get approval for the glitzy gold eyesore.
Peace ☮️
vapor2
(4,780 posts)
BidenRocks
(3,427 posts)Not now and not 150 years ago.
The only voices wanting this are in the chump psyco's head!
Why would we want something we can never use?
LetMyPeopleVote
(181,155 posts)It’s really not the DOJ’s job to tell private litigants “enough is enough” because the president doesn’t want to be inconvenienced by the legal process.
Link to tweet
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-justice-department-joins-ballroom-lobbying-campaign
Trump’s Justice Department evidently noticed. From the MS NOW report:
The Justice Department demanded the National Trust for Historic Preservation drop its lawsuit against the construction of the ballroom.
‘When the White House ballroom is complete, President Trump and his successors will no longer need to venture beyond the safety of the White House perimeter to attend large gatherings at the Washington Hilton ballroom,’ [the DOJ] asserted in a letter Sunday.
In the same one-page letter, Brett Shumate, the DOJ Civil Division’s assistant attorney general, added, “Put simply, your lawsuit puts the lives of the President, his family, and his staff at grave risk. … Enough is enough.”
He demanded the National Trust for Historic Preservation “voluntarily dismiss this frivolous lawsuit today in light of last night’s assassination attempt on President Trump. If your client does not dismiss the lawsuit by 9:00 AM on Monday, the government will move to dissolve the injunction and dismiss the case in light of last night’s extraordinary events.”....
We didn’t necessarily need fresh evidence of Main Justice acting like an extension of the Oval Office and the president’s wishes, but Shumate and Blanche offered up a new example on Sunday anyway.
dweller
(28,584 posts)No
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LetMyPeopleVote
(181,155 posts)Most lawyers would be very embarrassed to file this type of motion. Blanche and company are catering to trump and trump's desire for his stupid ballroom.
Link to tweet
Insults the National Trust — "they suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly referred to as TDS."
Reads like Trump wrote it.
dweller
(28,584 posts)quite pitiful .
I hope the judge rips it to shreds in a ruling
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LetMyPeopleVote
(181,155 posts)It is sad that any attorney would sign this filing
LetMyPeopleVote
(181,155 posts)The legal filing, which resembles Trump’s Truth Social posts, comes as the president and his allies ramp up their efforts to complete the project.
Link to tweet
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/28/trump-ballroom-filing-national-trust-lawsuit
The Justice Department’s motion — unusually written for a government legal filing, containing dubious claims and resembling Trump’s Truth Social posts — was one of several documents filed to the court late Monday night. The motion also criticizes the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the nonprofit that brought the lawsuit, writing that the group’s “name is FAKE” and claiming that “they suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly referred to as TDS.” The motion calls the ballroom a “gift” to the country because Trump plans to pay for it with private donations and boasts about the president’s capabilities.
“Because it is DONALD J. TRUMP, a highly successful real estate developer, who has abilities that others don’t, especially those who assume the Office of President, this frivolous and meritless lawsuit was filed,” the Justice Department lawyers write.
Notably, none of the administration attorneys who have previously appeared or argued the case signed the motion, which was only signed by Trump political appointees. Trump posted screenshots of the motion on his Truth Social account on Tuesday morning......
The National Trust on Monday said that it would not drop its lawsuit, contending that its challenge is focused on whether the president has the executive authority to unilaterally demolish parts of the White House and build new facilities, and not related to national security. It also noted that the group had consistently called for any court injunction to allow continued construction of any underground bunker, and called for the Justice Department to tone down its language.
“Your assertion that this lawsuit puts the President’s life at ‘grave risk’ is incorrect and irresponsible,” Gregory Craig, a Foley Hoag lawyer representing the National Trust, wrote to the Justice Department in a letter shared with The Washington Post.
I was not surprised that no regular DOJ lawyer signed this filing. This filing was signed only by trump political appointees. No competent and sane attorney would sign this filing
dweller
(28,584 posts)Adopting Trump’s Voice, Justice Dept. Asks Judge to Let Ballroom Proceed
adopting Pisswig’s voice
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