Post AzXVEynmE6IREAO4P2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
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 (DIR) Post #AzXUZUtAXON8a583iy by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-10-24T16:08:56Z
       
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       #BigTech Helped Bankroll the #EastWing Destruction#Meta, #Amazon, #Microsoft, #Apple, & #Google have a lot riding on their relationships with the #Trump admin. They all cut checks for the ballroom.#TechBros #plutocracy #billionaires #corporations #corruption https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/white-house-east-wing-destruction-google-meta-apple-microsoft-amazone/
       
 (DIR) Post #AzXUiCFpBpl7OQsGMy by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-10-24T16:10:31Z
       
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       #Trump is finishing what the British started. Despite promises that the #WhiteHouse would be unaffected by the addition of a $230 million #ballroom, the #historic #EastWing has in fact been demolished. The images of the site are so jarring that the #Treasury Department has reportedly ordered its employees to stop taking photos of it.https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/treasury-tells-employees-not-to-share-photos-of-white-house-ballroom-construction-1d4f2c49
       
 (DIR) Post #AzXV1hN3isudOyYbzs by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-10-24T16:14:02Z
       
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       …If the destruction of the #EastWing is a shock, the #money that’s paying for it might be even more of a #scandal. The #WhiteHouse, eager to assure Americans that their tax dollars have not been diverted for a #vanity project, has emphasized that the #ballroom is being financed by individuals & major #corporations. Instead of going through a process to obtain & disburse federal funds, #Trump simply asked companies his admin is supposed to be #regulating to write checks [#bribery / #extortion].
       
 (DIR) Post #AzXVEynmE6IREAO4P2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-10-24T16:16:26Z
       
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       The list of donors released by the #WhiteHouse includes the usual deep-pocketed #Republicans, such as #casino magnate #MiriamAdelson & private-equity mogul #StephenSchwarzman, but also a host of companies whose leaders have huge incentives to maintain good relations with an often vindictive head of state. They include #telecom giants & the #railroad giant Union-Pacific—which needs the #Trump admin’s sign-off on a proposed $85 billion merger with Norfolk Southern.#EastWing #Ballroom #extortion
       
 (DIR) Post #AzXVK2jj1bd2sWuGgK by MsMissy@mastodon.world
       2025-10-24T16:17:18Z
       
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       @Nonilex These people are TRAITORS for destroying The People's House.
       
 (DIR) Post #AzXVSkgXVbwHV1ZLge by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-10-24T16:18:55Z
       
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       Then there’s the #tech companies — #Google, #Apple, #Microsoft, #Amazon, & #Meta.The tech companies themselves have been awfully quiet about the project they’re helping to underwrite. Just to make sure they hadn’t missed it, MJ sent a photo of the demolished #EastWing — & requests for comment — to representatives of all of these companies. A Microsoft spox confirmed the company had made a contribution but offered no further comment. None of the others responded.#ballroom #bribery #extortion
       
 (DIR) Post #AzXVdOt6tI9f58Whua by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-10-24T16:20:49Z
       
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       But #BigTech’s donations for #Trump’s pet cause come at a time when the industry’s giants have a lot riding on their relationships with the #WhiteHouse. In a marked shift from Trump’s first term, #tech leaders have spent most of the last 12 months singing the president’s praises as they navigate #antitrust cases, #tariffs, & #regulatory hurdles; fight for #contracts; & push for #policies that benefit their bottom lines.#EastWing #ballroom #bribery #extortion
       
 (DIR) Post #AzXVfGs3fWEqnSvVNQ by M_el_viejo@lile.cl
       2025-10-24T16:21:10Z
       
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       @Nonilex Are you sure what they're building is a ballroom and not a throne room?
       
 (DIR) Post #AzXVp87n2ersZBzCE4 by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-10-24T16:22:58Z
       
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       One particular #policy is rising above the others right now: All of these companies have staked their future to varying degrees on #ArtificialIntelligence. To accomplish what they want, they need to shore up #SupplyChains, avoid new #government #regulations, build a ton of stuff — #PowerPlants, #transmission lines, #DataCenters — & free up access to #water & #land. The #Trump admin has made a big show of promising to help.#EastWing #ballroom #bribery #extortion