The Trump administration gave a secret, no-bid contract to the firm building the WH ballroom -- after inflating its value 3X. This time, the government pays, not private donors. nytimes.com/2026/04/25/us/…

Sen. Lindsey Graham R-SC, Sen. Katie Britt R-AL, and Sen. Eric Schmidt R-MO unveil plans to authorize $400 million to pay for a new White House ballroom.

A reporter points out to Lindsey Graham that WHCD is a private event for a private organization that’s not held by the WH and had twice as many guests as the proposed ballroom would hold. Graham: WE’RE GOING TO BUILD THIS FACILITY! THE NEED IS REAL.

Acyn 💙Brittney💙 Does anyone agree?

Republicans now want taxpayers to pay for Trump’s luxury ballroom for him to throw parties for his donors in. And what happens to the untracked, anonymously donated money already collected for the ballroom?

Trump said we wouldn’t have to pay for it and companies gave unknown amounts of $, we don’t know where that went, we actually are paying for it now, and it’s even more expensive? Is that right? Sigh.

Trump is mired in an illegal war that's destabilizing the world while spiking inflation and immiserating Americans, a key part of the government remains unfunded, and the Republicans who control both chambers of Congress are fixated on ... spending money for a vanity ballroom

The ballroom is being reframed as a half a billion dollar, taxpayer funded panic room for the president and 998 of his friends

trump gets a $400 million ballroom, a $400 million jet, he's suing the IRS for $10 billion and he's golfing every weekend. You get unaffordable groceries, high gas prices, high electricity bills and one piece of chicken.

Lindsey Graham says that they are going to introduce legislation so that you, the tax payer, have to pay $400 million for Trump's ballroom, which, by the way, you won't be allowed to go inside because you are a poor peasant, it's for the lords and masters only.

If it's so dangerous for Trump to leave the White House grounds that it justifies a taxpayer ballroom then let's stop the taxpayer funded golf excursions every week end!

Just a thought: Congress should mandate that Trump rebuild the East Wing. End this talk of the ballroom now.

No Lindsay Graham, 90% of Americans DON'T want a ballroom. They WOULD like to be able to buy groceries without an installment plan.

The people who passed the largest cut to healthcare in American history now want taxpayers to spend $400 million on Trump’s golden ballroom.

Monday: Trump demands ABC fire Jimmy Kimmel. Tuesday: The FCC orders Disney to file early license renewals, two years ahead of schedule. That’s not a coincidence. That’s retaliation. The First Amendment only works if the government can’t threaten your license for content they

On July 31, 2025, the White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that the new White House ballroom would be "fully funded by President Trump and other private donors — not taxpayers." The same day, the official Trump administration social media account posted

Postponing an election just before early voting begins so you can redraw the map to disenfranchise black and brown voters is as racist as it gets.

Rick Scott on high gas prices in Florida:  “It's terrible that we have higher gas prices…. but it's worth it to me.”

A CBS News poll finds that over 70% of Americans say they are having difficulty affording essentials like food, housing, and health care.

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