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'Boop!' Trump's White House ballroom saga takes a turn as social media lights up
A Ballroom Built on ImpunityThe Facts, BrieflyA federal appeals court kept in place an order blocking Trump’s White House ballroom project until Congress expressly approves it. The lower court called the project “utterly lawless,” and a 2-1 panel agreed enough to stop construction for now. That is the core fact. Everything else is noise.Power Did Not Belong To Trump HereThe president does not get to convert the White House into a personal construction site because he wants a ballroom. The actual institutional power in this story sits with Congress on one side and the courts enforcing the…
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