Trump’s top arts commissioner on Fox News this morning, talking about his three-arch plan we detailed last week.
Years ago he prepared designs for two more sites in Southeast DC.
COOK: “The president has them, but we haven’t had a chance to sit down and talk about it.”
We analyzed Trump’s public remarks.
His focus on the White House ballroom is increasing — he’s invoked the project on roughly one-third of days this year — even as GOP officials try to steer focus to affordability, health-care costs.
@ence.bsky.social + me.
Trump officials are pushing Teddy Roosevelt for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
"I think we’re going to see Theodore Roosevelt inducted," Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said this week, referencing a recent meeting with NFL's Roger Goodell.
h/t @howardmortman.bsky.social
You can’t make it up. In about an hour Trump is due to sign a new executive order to boost access to psychedelics.
Should be interesting
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he would have a Saturday morning news conference that’s a “little bit of a surprise” and be about something “very good for our country.”
He didn’t share details, but my understanding is he’s signing the order to boost access to psychedelics.
NEW - Trump plans to ease access to psychedelics like psilocybin (magic mushrooms), people familiar tell The Post
The FDA will issue new guidance on clinical trials for the drugs, potentially making them available in controlled therapeutic environments
Announcement could come this weekend
There’s an art to good headlines. (Tipping my hat to the editor, Mark Bradley, behind this one.)
A Trump Hating Judge, for the first time in History, wants Congress to pay Hundreds of Millions of Dollars for a Glorious Ballroom, instead of accepting Donations from Great American Companies and Citizens. This is a first - In other words, he wants Tax Payers to pay for the Ballroom, instead of Donors and Patriots! The Ballroom is FREE to our Country, A GIFT, and vital for our National Security. This Judge, who works for another Judge who was just MANDAMUSED for the unfair and biased way he treats me, should be ashamed of himself! President DONALD J. TRUMP 1.82k ReTruths 6.06k Likes
The White House doesn't have a Ballroom (No Taxpayer Money!), which Presidents have desperately wanted and desired for over 150 years, but a Trump Hating, Washington, D.C. District Court Judge, a man who has gone out of his way to undermine National Security, and to make sure that this Great Gift to America gets delayed, or doesn't get built, is attempting to prevent future Presidents and World Leaders from having a safe and secure large scale Meeting Place, or Ballroom, one with Bomb Shelters, a State of the Art Hospital and Medical Facilities, Protective Partitioning, Top Secret Military Installations, Structures, and Equipment, Protective Missile Resistant Steel, Columns, Roofs, and Beams, Drone Proof Ceilings and Roofs, Military Grade Venting, and Bullet, Ballistic, and Blast Proof Glass —which all means that no future President, living in the White House without this Ballroom, can ever be Safe and Secure at Events, Future Inaugurations, or Global Summits. This Magnificent Space will allow them to carry out their vital duties as the Leader of our Nation. Furthermore, the Ballroom, which is being constructed on budget and ahead of schedule, is needed now. Almost all material necessary for its construction is being built and/or on its way to the site, ready for installation and erection. Much of it has already been paid for, costing Hundreds of Millions of Dollars. If somebody, especially one with no standing, had a complaint - Why wasn't it filed many months earlier, long before Construction was started? The Public Record was open for all to see. Everybody knew that it was planned, and going to be built. This highly political Judge, and his illegal overreach, is out of control, and costing our Nation greatly. This is a mockery to our Court System! The Ballroom is deeply important to our National Security, and no Judge can be allowed to stop this Historic and Militarily Imperative Project. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP 2.69…
The person who filed the meritless and lawless suit on the desperately needed White House Ballroom, being built as a GIFT to America (without Tax Dollars!), a woman walking her dog, has absolutely NO STANDING to bring such a monumentally important case against our Country. The Trump Hating Judge's opinion is radically different from his first opinion, that was issued weeks ago, while still being unlawful and ambiguous, which never even addressed her COMPLETE lack of Standing. Every Political "Pundit" has said this case is meritless, even a JOKE, but it's not a joke to me, or the people of America. Too much hard work, time, and money spent in order that a Judge can claim that he ruled against "DONALD TRUMP," something which I have gotten very used to, BUT WILL NOT ACCEPT! President
The out of control Trump Hating, Washington, D.C. District Court Judge, who doesn't want to accept a $400 Million Dollar GIFT of one of the most beautiful Ballrooms anywhere in the World, desperately needed by the White House and its future Presidents (Due to time constraints, I will barely get to use it!), wants me to build the "underground" portion of the Ballroom, without the "above ground" portion, but the underground doesn't work, isn't necessary, and would indeed be useless, without the above ground sections. The underground portion is wedded to, and serves, the upper portion, including the Bomb Shelters, a State of the Art Hospital and Medical Facilities, Protective Partitioning, Top Secret Military Installations, Structures, and Equipment, Protective Missile Resistant Steel, Columns, Roofs, and Beams, Drone Proof Ceilings and Roofs, Military Grade Venting, and Bullet, Ballistic, and Blast Proof Glass. It's all tied together as one big, expensive, and very complex unit, which is vital for National Security and Military Operations of the United States of America! The Judge's decision, which doesn't even discuss the vital subject of STANDING, of which the plaintiff has none, severely jeopardizes the lives and welfare of the people who work, and will be working, at the White House - including all future Presidents of the United States, and their families. President DONALD J. TRUMP 1.8k ReTruths 5.73k Likes
The question isn’t “will Trump use his Tax Day event tonight to instead talk about his ballroom?”
It’s “how long will he go?”
Trump confirms the Washington Post's scoop about the new CDC leadership team.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump The White House doesn't have a Ballroom (No Taxpayer Money!), which Presidents have desperately wanted and desired for over 150 years, but a Trump Hating, Washington, D.C. District Court Judge, a man who has gone out of his way to undermine National Security, and to make sure that this Great Gift to America gets delayed, or doesn't get built, is attempting to prevent future Presidents and World Leaders from having a safe and secure large scale Meeting Place, or Ballroom, one with Bomb Shelters, a State of the Art Hospital and Medical Facilities, Protective Partitioning, Top Secret Military Installations, Structures, and Equipment, Protective Missile Resistant Steel, Columns, Roots, and Beams, Drone Proof Ceilings and Roots, Military Grade Venting, and Bullet,
Inaugurations, or Global Summits. This Magnificent Space will allow them to carry out their vital duties as the Leader of our Nation. Furthermore, the Ballroom, which is being constructed on budget and ahead of schedule, is needed now. Almost all material necessary for its construction is being built and/or on its way to the site, ready for installation and erection. Much of it has already been paid for, costing Hundreds of Millions of Dollars. If somebody, especially one with no standing, had a complaint — Why wasn't it filed many months earlier, long before Construction was started? The Public Record was open for all to see. Everybody knew that it was planned, and going to be built. This highly political Judge, and his illegal overreach, is out of control, and costing our Nation greatly. This is a mockery to our Court System! The Ballroom is deeply important to our National Security, and no Judge can be allowed to stop this Historic and Militarily Imperative Project. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Trump has learned that the judge ruled against him.
Leon gave the White House seven days to wrap up its work on the ballroom before his pause takes effect.
An appeals court is weighing the case, and Trump officials say they may appeal to the Supreme Court for immediate relief.
with @jonathanreports.bsky.social
A federal judge set new limits on Trump's ballroom project today, reiterating that White House was effectively limited to underground work.
Trump had claimed he could keep building for "national security" reasons.
Judge Leon rejected "incredible, if not disingenuous" interpretation.
NYT has a good story today on backlash to Trump’s arch proposal, including from the art critic who proposed it … and was alarmed when Trump quadrupled it.
(But for the record — Washington Post readers learned this in January.)
Today, a federal panel will kick off the process of reviewing President Trump’s planned 250-ft arch.
The panel’s chairman thinks one arch is a good idea. But he believes more would be better.
“I think the president should do three,” Rodney Cook told The Post.
Brady created this exclusive program as a way to give back to healthcare professionals who supported him throughout his career. The goal is to make metabolic health care more accessible to the workforce responsible for the nation's health. Healthcare professionals represent one of the largest workforces in the U.S., with roughly 22 million professionals working across hospitals, clinics and health systems nationwide. "I relied on incredible healthcare professionals who helped me stay on the field," said Brady. "These were the coaches of my life. They fought for me and now I want to fight for them. If you are a healthcare professional and you want to join eMed's exclusive program, reach out to me at tom@emed.com. I mean it."
Backed by eMed's recently announced funding raise of $200 million at a $2 billion valuation, the company is offering cost certainty with measurable health outcomes, underscoring its conviction in the model and the importance of supporting the healthcare workforce. "Tom and I built this program because we know the best CEOs are acutely aware that a healthy, productive workforce is a business imperative and must be affordable," said Linda Yaccarino, CEO of eMed. "Healthcare professionals are the ones who keep everyone else going and they deserve the same standard of care they provide. That's the new standard for how workforce health must be delivered." The market leader in employer-based GLP-1 programs, eMed offers predictable pricing, medication and clinical services, and measurable outcomes. Members see an average weight loss of 24 pounds, 96% show reduction in pre-diabetes markers within six
I had missed that the CEO of Tom Brady’s telehealth company was Linda Yaccarino — the former CEO of X!
From our scoop:
our current moment
Schwartz, the potential CDC director, is well-regarded.
And the picks for her CDC leadership team that we also scooped —
a former Walmart health executive, Texas’s health commissioner and a senior FDA official — are overall seen as credible too.
Another sign of belated guardrails around RFK Jr.
NEWS - Erica Schwartz, former deputy US surgeon general, is favored candidate to lead CDC
former Walmart exec Sean Slovenski favored as a top deputy
still pending Trump's approval
w @lenasun.bsky.social
“Steyer’s campaign has been so expansive that he’s spent more than $1 million on ads that, by AdImpact’s measure, reached zero people.”
Striking data from @sfchronicle.com on the California governor’s race.
DC Metro sign for the “Pentagon City” station.
Where the grass is [redacted] and the girls are [redacted].
An appeals panel on Saturday gave Trump a small victory on his ballroom — the White House gets three more days for construction before a pause takes effect.
But the judges questioned Trump's "national security" claims and punted to a lower court to clarify.
Trump officials are now beginning the process of seeking approval for the project.
Not sure why images aren’t unfurling on Bluesky, but here’s one and can see more renderings at washingtonpost.com/documents/f7...
New: Trump officials formally unveil designs for president's planned 250-foot triumphal arch
It would bear golden inscription — "One Nation Under God" — and be flanked by four golden lions
Military veterans have sued to stop the project, saying it would harm views of Arlington National Cemetery
New: the nation’s top drug lobbyist is stepping down.
STEVE UBL is moving on from PhRMA after a decade-plus, he told The Post in an interview.
Ubl's organization has been battling with Trump on his drug-price plans.
what a glorious time capsule of this broken moment we are in
The District Court's injunction does not prevent Defendants from working on the underground bunker their motion exhaustively describes; indeed, the Trust has never objected to that. The Court's injunction simply prevents Defendants from constructing the ballroom without Congress's specific and express approval. And as is obvious, the absence of a massive ballroom on White House grounds has not stopped this (or any other) President from residing at the White House or hosting events there. Temporarily halting the ballroom project until it complies with the law will not irreparably harm Defendants or the nation.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation (@savingplaces.bsky.social) has responded to Trump's emergency motion to keep building his ballroom.
"Nothing in Defendants’ motion or President Trump’s public statements suggests any emergency at all," the group's lawyers write.
A federal judge on Tuesday halted the ballroom, saying Trump needed congressional authorization for the project.
And — BREAKING — the three-judge panel set to hear Trump's appeal includes an Obama appointee, a Biden appointee and a Trump appointee.
More here with @jonathanreports.bsky.social
INTRODUCTION For decades, Congress has vested the President with overlapping statutory authorities that allow the President to make the improvements he deems necessary to White House grounds and structures. Yet, a district judge ordered the President to halt ongoing reconstruction of the East Wing of the White House by April 14, leaving a massive excavation and structurally completed site adjacent to the now open and exposed Executive Mansion and threatening grave national-security harms to the White House, the President and his family, and the President's staff. Almost 400 Million Dollars of private donations and contributions (No taxpayer dollars are being used to build this long sought, and desperately needed, ballroom!) have already been committed, or spent, in the purchase of heavy, large scale, and other types of building materials. As an example, the protective missile resistant steel columns, beams, drone proof roofing materials, and bullet, ballistic, and blast proof glass, are largely made, being used, and/or on their way to the project. Likewise, the bomb shelters, hospital and medical area, protective partitioning, and Top Secret Military installations, structures, and equipment, are built and/or ready to be built, installed, and placed.
Trump has filed an emergency appeal to keep building his planned White House ballroom, saying it's a matter of national security.
The motion — particularly the first five pages — is unusually written for an appellate brief, and often resembles Trump's Truth Social posts.
A federal judge halted Trump’s ballroom construction until he gets congressional authorization.
But Trump isn’t inclined to seek Congress’s OK — and they don’t appear inclined to give it.
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