Donors for Trump's $300M White House Ballroom Include Google, Apple and Palantir(theguardian.com)
theguardian.com
Donors for Trump's $300M White House Ballroom Include Google, Apple and Palantir
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/23/trump-white-house-ballroom-donors
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We are going to have so many security holes to patch in the constitution if we all get out of this alive.
Is Truth Social Mastodon donating to this project, too? Because they don't understand their Section 230 liability like YouTube?
Maybe those who are losing food stamps or healthcare because there isn't enough money for that, can get a free tour?
So... if the building is being paid for by Trump (sourced from these donors), does that mean he continues to own it even after he leaves office? Or is he donating these White House improvements to the American people?
Perhaps he would choose to knock it down at the end of his term. I'm not sure under what terms the President is given the White House. It doesn't sound like there's any requirement to return it in the condition they find it.
Perhaps he would choose to knock it down at the end of his term. I'm not sure under what terms the President is given the White House. It doesn't sound like there's any requirement to return it in the condition they find it.
The end of the term? Let's hope that exists.
Tech and AI is acting like there will totalitarian rule and right wing will rule forever. Maybe so, but we aren't there yet. Setting themselves up to reap the whirlwind when another party takes power.
People in power tend to like totalitarianism, it's an easy pathway to buddy up to whomever is in power and get around all those pesky issues like competition, rules, etc.
The masses shouldn't, but sometimes they do, foolishly.
The masses shouldn't, but sometimes they do, foolishly.
> we aren't there yet
we're getting pretty darn close; all we need is a subverted election -- if it almost succeeded in 2020 you can be sure it's going to succeed in 2028 -- to close the circle
we're getting pretty darn close; all we need is a subverted election -- if it almost succeeded in 2020 you can be sure it's going to succeed in 2028 -- to close the circle
They aren't. House reps and Senators both spend over half their time fundraising, they're gonna behave perfectly normally and ignore whatever they need to for fundraising purposes.
When do we accept it? Trumps third term?
All the right wingers yelling about elite conspiracies, pedo's etc. Trumpism is a group of them wallowing in plain site. Right wingers sure got quiet. It's called white identity politics and big tech sure flocked to it when the door opened. DEI for wealthy white sociopaths
> Setting themselves up to reap the whirlwind.
Reap what? The second your side gets power again, your politicians will tuck their tails between their legs and let them off with a light scolding.
Reap what? The second your side gets power again, your politicians will tuck their tails between their legs and let them off with a light scolding.
Nah, not this time, they've gone way too far for that. I think Democrats will make a real big effort to make peace with the average GOP / Trump supporter, but not the elite enablers.
Amusing. The typical businessperson anywhere complies with whatever rules an admin requires in order to do their business. The typical politician wants to create a loyalty based system since that allows him to be a kingmaker.
One of the defining aspects of low-corruption societies is that they don’t have the loyalty based systems and instead have rule of law. But now we see how the loyalty systems come about: it isn’t the politician who makes it; it’s the populace.
Given a single deviation from the low-corruption norm, they demand loyalty test based operation and would rather move towards high-corruption.
A low-corruption society is therefore an unstable equilibrium. The moment a norm deviation occurs, the people desire greater norm deviation.
One of the defining aspects of low-corruption societies is that they don’t have the loyalty based systems and instead have rule of law. But now we see how the loyalty systems come about: it isn’t the politician who makes it; it’s the populace.
Given a single deviation from the low-corruption norm, they demand loyalty test based operation and would rather move towards high-corruption.
A low-corruption society is therefore an unstable equilibrium. The moment a norm deviation occurs, the people desire greater norm deviation.
Good time to purge these slop fascists from your digital life.
When people show you who they are, believe them.
When people show you who they are, believe them.