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#Microsoft, #Apple, #Google, #Meta, #Palantir, #HP, #TMobile, #Northrop, #Comcast, and moreβ¨
#paytoplay is way different than #paytowatch
#amyklobuchar is going to (with others) look into this CLEAR AS A GLASS #BALLROOM "pay to play" corruption
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#Microsoft, #Apple, #Google, #Meta, #Palantir, #HP, #TMobile, #Northrop, #Comcast, and moreβ¨
#paytoplay is way different than #paytowatch
#amyklobuchar is going to (with others) look into this CLEAR AS A GLASS #BALLROOM "pay to play" corruption
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Then thereβs the #tech companies β #Google, #Apple, #Microsoft, #Amazon, & #Meta.
The tech companies themselves have been awfully quiet about the project theyβre helping to underwrite. Just to make sure they hadnβt missed it, MJ sent a photo of the demolished #EastWing β & requests for comment β to representatives of all of these companies. A Microsoft spox confirmed the company had made a contribution but offered no further comment. None of the others responded.
Then thereβs the #tech companies β #Google, #Apple, #Microsoft, #Amazon, & #Meta.
The tech companies themselves have been awfully quiet about the project theyβre helping to underwrite. Just to make sure they hadnβt missed it, MJ sent a photo of the demolished #EastWing β & requests for comment β to representatives of all of these companies. A Microsoft spox confirmed the company had made a contribution but offered no further comment. None of the others responded.
The list of donors released by the #WhiteHouse includes the usual deep-pocketed #Republicans, such as #casino magnate #MiriamAdelson & private-equity mogul #StephenSchwarzman, but also a host of companies whose leaders have huge incentives to maintain good relations with an often vindictive head of state. They include #telecom giants & the #railroad giant Union-Pacificβwhich needs the #Trump adminβs sign-off on a proposed $85 billion merger with Norfolk Southern.
β¦If the destruction of the #EastWing is a shock, the #money thatβs paying for it might be even more of a #scandal. The #WhiteHouse, eager to assure Americans that their tax dollars have not been diverted for a #vanity project, has emphasized that the #ballroom is being financed by individuals & major #corporations. Instead of going through a process to obtain & disburse federal funds, #Trump simply asked companies his admin is supposed to be #regulating to write checks [ #bribery / #extortion].
#BigTech Helped Bankroll the #EastWing Destruction
#Meta, #Amazon, #Microsoft, #Apple, & #Google have a lot riding on their relationships with the #Trump admin. They all cut checks for the ballroom.
#TechBros #plutocracy #billionaires #corporations #corruption
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/white-house-east-wing-destruction-google-meta-apple-microsoft-amazone/
#Trump is finishing what the British started. Despite promises that the #WhiteHouse would be unaffected by the addition of a $230 million #ballroom, the #historic #EastWing has in fact been demolished. The images of the site are so jarring that the #Treasury Department has reportedly ordered its employees to stop taking photos of it.
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#Microsoft, #Amazon, #Meta, #MetaPlatforms, #Apple, #Coinbase, #Comcast, #TMobile, #Google, #Blackstone, #YouTube, #BoozAllenHamilton and #LockheedMartin present the #Epstein #Ballroom
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#Trump wishing to demonstrate that he is in charge and does not need to seek permission from anyone
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Right, his form of a #demostration π€
Oh, Gee
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#Microsoft, #Amazon, #Meta, #MetaPlatforms, #Apple, #Coinbase, #Comcast, #TMobile, #Google, #Blackstone, #YouTube, #BoozAllenHamilton and #LockheedMartin present the #Epstein #Ballroom
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#Trump wishing to demonstrate that he is in charge and does not need to seek permission from anyone
@Qybat
Right, his form of a #demostration π€
Oh, Gee
they don't call it
a "Ball" room for nothing
#Trump, when he sees the first model of his #WhiteHouse #Ballroom
Every last individual or entity on this list deserves #boycott. Every. Last. One.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5569197-major-companies-fund-whitehouse/
