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    Another diversion from Epstein and Trump's invasion of blue cities.

    The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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      It can't subpoena him, but word (BBC news report) is that a House Committee is considering sending an invitation to Prince Andrew to testify about Epstein.

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        Prince Andrew's Duke of York title has been reported as stripped from him. Actually, that would take an act of Parliament. His Duke of York title has been put in abeyance.

        Of course, he won't show up in Washington.

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          It can't subpoena him, but word (BBC news report) is that a House Committee is considering sending an invitation to Prince Andrew to testify about Epstein.

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          @wtg
          Why would Andrew respond to that?

          "The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;” - Shakespeare

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            There are Americans who don't bother to show up.

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              @wtg
              Why would Andrew respond to that?

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              @CHAS

              I doubt he would. Of course he thought that doing that Newsnight interview in 2018 was a good idea and after the interview told people he thought it went really well, so one never knows.

              When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                Latest I saw was that the wing was first put up to hide the bunker below and that the reason plans won't be seen by regular channels is that a bigger royal bunker is the real reason for the ballroom...

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                  "Dictator Chic".

                  https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/trump-style-dictator-autocrats-design-214877/

                  The article is from 2017.

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                    I think Andrew has already refused to be interviewed by the FBI but don't remember the details.

                    Fergie's "title" is a courtesy title in the style of a divorced peeress. Diana's title after the divorce was too.

                    Both outcomes were a result of a Letters Patent signed by the Queen.

                    It's not a royal title. I don't know how a courtesy title would be stripped.

                    It's just my opinion but I think Parliament should definitely strip the royal titles from Andrew, Harry and Markle.

                    Or more precisely I think Parliament should strip the royal titles from Harry, and especially from Andrew, and from Markle.

                    I haven't been a Markle fan for a long time but her fake tear (and I can prove it) at the Queen's funeral is was when I got off the train.

                    Andrew should be in prison for the rest of his life.

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                      Latest I saw was that the wing was first put up to hide the bunker below and that the reason plans won't be seen by regular channels is that a bigger royal bunker is the real reason for the ballroom...

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                      @Rontuner said in About that White House ballroom and the East Wing:

                      Latest I saw was that the wing was first put up to hide the bunker below and that the reason plans won't be seen by regular channels is that a bigger royal bunker is the real reason for the ballroom...

                      Melania must be worried they'll find her escape tunnel

                      Ventosa viri restabit

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                        President Donald Trump will likely name his new $300 million White House ballroom after himself, according to senior administration officials.

                        Already, officials are referring to it as "The President Donald J. Trump Ballroom." That name will likely stick, ABC News was told.

                        https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-white-house-ballroom-after-officials/story?id=126843455

                        And they took down a couple of very old magnolia trees...

                        https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/historic-magnolia-trees-kennedy-garden-removed-east-wing/story?id=126822108

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                          Price going up; inflation running rampant.

                          On Wednesday, Trump discussed his plans for the ballroom, saying it will cost “about $300 million.” The administration previously put the cost of the ballroom project at $200 million.

                          Who is supposedly on the list of people funding the project. The amount donated is conspicuously absent.

                          https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/politics/ballroom-donors-white-house-trump

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                          said in About that White House ballroom and the East Wing:

                          Price going up; inflation running rampant.

                          On Wednesday, Trump discussed his plans for the ballroom, saying it will cost “about $300 million.” The administration previously put the cost of the ballroom project at $200 million.

                          Who is supposedly on the list of people funding the project. The amount donated is conspicuously absent.

                          https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/politics/ballroom-donors-white-house-trump

                          The donors and what they stand to gain.

                          https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-ballroom-donors-white-house-stand-to-gain/

                          When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                            If his hideous gold decor in the oval office is anything to go by, guest are gonna need sunglasses in the ballroom.

                            Ventosa viri restabit

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                              With all that tariff money flooding in, Trump(CF) will be paying the contractors in cash (tax free). Ahh the beautiful sound of a wrecking ball, money money money.

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                                So much for historic preservation.

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                                  Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is rolling in her grave.

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                                      Thomas Jefferson originally built what has been demolished. This is an egregious demolition resulting in incalculable historical and cultural loss. I thought the ballroom was going to be attached to the White House. I was wrong.

                                      Link to video

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                                        Completely ruined, gone.

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                                          https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/white-house-ballroom-he-is-following-the-classic-despots-playbook

                                          Ventosa viri restabit

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