#law, #climate, #science, #geopolitics, #politics, #democracy, cool stuff &… #BabySquirrel Recovering lawyer. Spending less time on world news since US voters re-elected a rapist/convicted felon, who tried to end democracy, but who Americans decided to give a mulligan, cuz democracy shlemocracy right? Occasionally I’ll come across something that I feel compelled to share, but… …these days… I've stopped my dreaming …these days I sit on corner stones & count the time in quarter tones to ten
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai
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Records reveal $600M estimate for Trump’s #ballroom project, with MORE THAN HALF coming from #TAXPAYERS
An internal cost estimate in March by the project’s contractor ran $200 million more than #Trump has said publicly & counters his claims that no #TaxpayersMoney will be spent.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #scam #fraud #GovernmentWaste
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/06/16/records-reveal-600m-estimate-trumps-ballroom-project-with-half-taxpayers/
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai
#law, #climate, #science, #geopolitics, #politics, #democracy, cool stuff &… #BabySquirrel Recovering lawyer. Spending less time on world news since US voters re-elected a rapist/convicted felon, who tried to end democracy, but who Americans decided to give a mulligan, cuz democracy shlemocracy right? Occasionally I’ll come across something that I feel compelled to share, but… …these days… I've stopped my dreaming …these days I sit on corner stones & count the time in quarter tones to ten
masto.ai
US #NationalParks passes will pay for #Trump July 4 plans
Entry fees are going toward a $1.6 million #fireworks display & DC “beautification”, while “donations” will fund a $5 million #helipad at the #WhiteHouse.
That money is being spent at the expense of the rest of the #US’ #park system which has a $24 billion backlog of badly needed #infrastructure repairs & improvements, known as “deferred maintenance.”
[tell us again to rake the forests]
#GovernmentWaste #law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/06/03/trump-officials-divert-national-park-service-fees-fund-july-4-celebration/?utm_medium=referral_home&utm_source=webview&utm_campaign=rct:0:1:0:20260526;tt_2510:control&no_nav=true
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