We have all seen the mess the White House is in with the removal of the East Wing in order to build a big golden ballroom that will be bigger than the rest of the White House.
Question - Where are all the folks on the right who got angry and worked up about Cracker Barrel changing it's logo? This is a much bigger change. If Obama or Biden thought of doing this to the White House, the right would have been incensed! George Takai had a good FB post:
Have the plans been approved per the processes required for other public buildings? It isn't Trump's personal house. Has Congress, as the voice of the people, reviewed the plans and voted on it? Of course not. Trump is above the law.
As the building goes on for the ballroom, the folks on the right are suddenly aware that as of Nov. 1st, SNAP payments will stop. Do the Republicans not realize that a larger percentage of those receiving SNAP benefits are in red states, and that half of them are white? It shouldn't matter what race they are, but I have seen folks on the right comment about the folks of color being the main ones getting SNAP and that is not true exactly.
Republican ranchers in Kansas and elsewhere are having a real disagreement with Trump about his plan to undercut them with beef from Argentina. They feel betrayed by Trump. Soybean farmers are not happy campers either. They do not want bailouts - they want a market for their soybeams. Trump's tariffs messed that up for them.
Question - Where are all the folks on the right who got angry and worked up about Cracker Barrel changing it's logo? This is a much bigger change. If Obama or Biden thought of doing this to the White House, the right would have been incensed! George Takai had a good FB post:
As the building goes on for the ballroom, the folks on the right are suddenly aware that as of Nov. 1st, SNAP payments will stop. Do the Republicans not realize that a larger percentage of those receiving SNAP benefits are in red states, and that half of them are white? It shouldn't matter what race they are, but I have seen folks on the right comment about the folks of color being the main ones getting SNAP and that is not true exactly.
Republican ranchers in Kansas and elsewhere are having a real disagreement with Trump about his plan to undercut them with beef from Argentina. They feel betrayed by Trump. Soybean farmers are not happy campers either. They do not want bailouts - they want a market for their soybeams. Trump's tariffs messed that up for them.
Todd Armstrong, the owner of a 200-year-old family cattle and crops farm in Indiana, voted for President Donald Trump in 2024 but feels abandoned by the president now for suggesting a deal for the US to buy beef from Argentina.
“What frustrates me about this whole move is President Trump ran on an ‘America First’ program. I don’t see anything in this that puts America first,” Armstrong told CNN. “It’s hypocritical.”......
And it has Republicans on Capitol Hill frantically raising alarm bells with the White House and even the president directly. The potential for such a move is testing the support of one of Trump’s most loyal group of supporters as his policies could risk their livelihoods. The unfolding episode also marks a rare moment on Capitol Hill where many Republicans are publicly breaking with the president and demanding he reverse course.
It’s a topic that has dominated the conversation with Trump — from Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota, who told CNN he has spoken “extensively” to the president on the issu, on down to freshmen like Sen. Tim Sheehy of Montana. And the issue was raised by GOP senators in a private meeting with Trump at the White House on Tuesday.
If Trump keeps it up, all the redistricting in the country won't save him from a Dem wave in 2026. I read that there are some plans by Trump's team to cheat in that election but if he upsets enough folks, it would have to be pretty error-proof.
