r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 1d ago

No Paywall Trump’s ballroom construction ‘likely unlawful,’ John Roberts says, but Supreme Court will allow it anyway

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-ballroom-construction-unlawful-john-roberts-b3042329.html
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u/MadAstrid 1d ago

Highest court in the land - This is against the law, but because we are utterly corrupt, we are not going to do a damned thing to stop it.

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u/AndreLeGeant88 1d ago

And by the time they rule it'll be done 

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u/Rodgertheshrubber 1d ago

Then it will be found it's of the same quality as the pool was and require a complete rebuild

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u/Mistrblank 23h ago

Worse, they're going to have to tear the white house apart just to clear it for listening devices. Once they started I knew the White House is compromised.

It's like a house that's over infested with generations of roaches and rats, the only real option is to burn it to the ground.

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u/Weird-Specific-2905 21h ago

Call Canada...

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u/Mistrblank 21h ago

Ironically my best friend's name is Rob Ross and is a fireman.

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u/vicariouslywatching 11h ago

Calling Kamala Harris….

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u/Ultravagabird 20h ago

this is a good time & opportunity to get with the times and build another White House and Capitol in Illinois or St. louis - 200+ yrs ago the States were Colonies on the East Coast & DC i guess was center then. it’s now 230 yrs later& US is much larger geographically & population wise and i know many reps and Senators that would love to have a shorter commute - it makes sense.

can keep the DC White House for hosting foreign leaders/diplomats and other events and congregating with Congress there.

The DC Capitol can get tech improved & there can be a secure private link up to the other Capitol for votes -

we should do this asap as we have a great opportunity - it should’ve done ages ago

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u/JustTestingAThing 8h ago

Yeah, at this point I liken the situation to a website or server that got hacked and compromised. You can clean up the bits you find, but you can't ever be sure you got everything and the only really safe option is to start over with the previous one as a guide.