"Trump Is Pressuring John Thune to Fire the Parliamentarian Over Ballroom Funding
The nonpartisan Senate adviser determined that the ballroom funding, as written, could not be included in the party-line budget bill":
https://www.notus.org/donald-trump/reconciliation-senate-parliamentarian-pressure
#Trump #WouldBeDictator #WastefulSpending #politics

Barbara Comstock: "I saw the preparations for the Trump Arch today. Trump is trying to start another illegal project - his unsightly 'Trump Arch' which will be a huge eyesore and block the view from Arlington Cemetery to the Lincoln Memorial, and be a danger to National Airport. STOP this now. And STOP the lying and grifting of our tax dollars."
#Trump #WorstPresidentEver #WastefulSpending #politics

Rep. Brendan Boyle: "Republicans always say America can't afford child care or affordable housing. But they always find the cash for whatever Trump wants — like the #IranWar or a vanity ballroom. Let's call this Republican spending package what it is: The Billion Dollar Ballroom Act."
#WastefulSpending #FraudWasteAndAbuse #corruption #politics copy: @renewedresistance

"The political risk of spending taxpayer dollars on parts of a new White House ballroom has unsettled congressional Republicans who are questioning whether they can approve $1 billion:
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/15/white-house-ballroom-blitz-00922587?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it
#WastefulSpending #corruption #FraudWasteAndAbuse

A one billion dollar ballroom? "When recent data reveals that inflation is at the highest level in three years and grocery prices are at the highest level in nearly four years, the last thing on any working person’s mind is funding a vanity project that most Americans don’t want. You know what else lawmakers shouldn’t be funding? The unchecked mass deportation machine that already got $190 billion in funding last year":
https://americasvoice.org/blog/1-billion-vanity-ballroom-for-me-costly-mass-deportations-for-you/
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #WastefulSpending

Jesse Lee: "Trump’s first Defense budget, for fiscal year 2018, was $695 billion, and now they are asking for literally TWICE AS MUCH MONEY. Meanwhile, Hegseth is taking Kid Rock on helicopter joy rides, Trump is starting wars for fun, and we’re told we can’t afford healthcare anymore."
#WastefulSpending #values #priorities copy: @renewedresistance #politics

Burgess Everett: "Sen. Lindsey Graham's opponent, Annie Andrews, goes after him in interview on his support of taxpayers paying $1 billion for an East Wing ballroom. She said: 'That will go over like a lead balloon in South Carolina, and we will use that in our campaign every single day between now and the general election'."
#politics #WastefulSpending

"CNN Ends Trump Ballroom Supercut With Brutal 2-Word Punchline":
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cnn-donald-trump-ballroom-supercut_n_69fae490e4b002c4c4a091b0?origin=home-latest-news-unit
#TrumpLiedAgain #FraudWasteAndAbuse #WastefulSpending #politics

"Takeaways From Hegseth’s Testimony on Iran War and His Tenure. It was Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first public appearance before Congress since Operation Epic Fury began in late February":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/us/politics/hegseth-congress-hearing-takeaways.html
#military #incompetence #WastefulSpending #IranWar #OperationEpicFailure