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John Gillick's avatar

Re the Autopen

The Autopen is a computerized instrument

It's system keeps track of things - digital records

Which is to say

You can query the autopen system for how many times it has been used

And for when it's been used – the date and time of each signature

So isn't this an opportune time, as the first year of this presidency draws to a close

For some intrepid reporter at the next Winehouse press conference - come the question and answer period - to ask Ms. Leavitt -

"How many times has the autopen been used since the inauguration?"

... and, then (after the expected non-answer),

"Would that be more times or less than it was used during the last year of the Biden presidency?"

Eileen's avatar

THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Don't we have to keep all that crap in the Oval Office? I mean, National Archives and all.

OrdinaryJoe's avatar

Donny Dementia is building a fortress bunker where he can hole up after the next election and refuse to leave. A MAGA Guard will barricade there with him and they will Alamo themselves to a bloody ending.

Notorious J.I.M.'s avatar

At least this Alamo will have a basement.

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Why a bloody ending? Do the old Cask of Amontillado thing on the bunker entrance, and everyone goes about their business.

Stephanie Hobbs's avatar

We will scrape and scrub until his taint is removed. (That's right,I said taint.)

Megan Macomber's avatar

Don't forget the styrofoam fixtures from Home Depot and/or Amazon that lackeys spray painted gold and put up in the Oval. If that's not a metaphor for Donald Trump's "class," I don't know what is--especially the fact that he seems wholly unaware of it.

Bupkus231's avatar

"...And just to add insult to injury, what did Trump do with the remains of this historic building? He sent it off to be used as filler in a local municipal golf course. Perhaps he expects us to be grateful because he didn’t appropriate it for one of his own golf courses instead...."

Apparently, that's not the only meddling in DC's municipal golf courses ( there are three of them ) that the fucking asshole is doing - those golf courses were being operated by the National Links Trust, a non-profit with a 50-year lease to run the three courses. Supposedly control will revert to the National Park Service, under the Department of the Interior, but we all know that this is bullshit. Considering how he reamed the Kennedy Center, I have no doubt that he will direct his patsy at Interior, Doug Burgum, to rename at least one of those golf courses in his name.

Link: https://www.wusa9.com/article/sports/golf/dc-public-golf-courses-trump-administration-lease-termination/65-6e2ee00e-2b2e-48bd-a99d-7015a40a57c9

Dina's avatar

We were just watching "Independence Day" on TV last night and the snarky comments about the contrast between trump and President Whitmore were a-flyin'. Oval Office scenes were puncutated by "WHAR ALL THE GOLD SHIT!?" and the destruction of the White House included, "Oops, Donnie went too far this time!" There were no comments on Whitmore's rousing speech right before the attack on the alien ships, though, because it's nice to listen to, and afterward we mused about what it would be like if trump had to give a pep talk like that—filled with bullshit about stolen elections, all his great achievements (for which he hasn't been credited), batteries, windmills, Biden's autopen...until everyone would just think, "C'mon, aliens, just kill us already..."

pskbh's avatar

Happy New Year us *out west*!!

We rock it 😎. We're freezing too.

Joe Schmoe, Troublemaker's avatar

vis a vis the east wing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiJWXjz1uks

Paul Young - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down (Official Video)

I Stedman's avatar

I suppose remarking "complete with tacky Russian whores" would be somewhat rude.

pskbh's avatar

We've had three earthquakes in three days. 4.7, 2.8, 4.9. Fewer than 10 miles away. They didn't roll, but they sure rocked.

Does the goddess speak? Yeah.

Happy new years?

Erisian's avatar

"even though the White House belongs to the American people, not to Donald Trump [sic]"

Mr Legum, I imagine that one of the things you'll be forced to acknowledge in one of the Reeducation Camps (who says the Fulvous Fuckwad isn't interested in edgimicashon) is that the American people and the Cantaloupe Codpiece are one and the same, that He is the embodiment of the people and the American spirit.

(My guess is that the first camps will be in the Alaskan Tundra; after all, the Dirty Fuels company will need expendable labor to build and then do every other dangerous job needed for their drilling operations.)

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"History, for one — the wing was built in 1902."

Another lesson will be that American history has been completely redacted for the years between 1861 - 2015 awaiting rewrites showing the ***real*** history of the US; no more bovine scat like 'this woman accomplished this," "that person of Color did that," and "immigrants are the backbone of the country." Somewhere there will be a shitwagon full of Winston Smiths making the necessary corrections to show that the Antebellum never ended; it just morphed into MAGA.

fnord

UVB-76's avatar

L'État, c'est moi.

Maryland Bear's avatar

On a related note, the Washington Monument is lit up tonight in a preview of things to come for the 250th birthday celebration.

https://wjla.com/news/local/new-years-eve-2026-washington-monument-freedom250-light-show-projections-live-stream-fireworks-celebration-america-anniversary-birthday-national-mall-dc-events-american-us-history-tourism-public-viewing-historical

As someone who has lived in the nation’s capital area since 1986, let me just say this:

WASHINGTON DC IS NOT VEGAS!!!!

It’s a city of marble not neon.

josephebacon's avatar

Are they showing Trump's face on the Washington Monument?

Zyxomma's avatar

Gary, the destruction of the WH was not on ANYONE'S Bingo card. I loathe That Thing in the Offal Office and all his fascist enablers and toadies with the heat of all the suns in the universe.

lotsacatsndogs's avatar

Assume others below have mentioned the lack of abatement of or testing for asbestos contamination in the EW demolition, in the debris as well as the air and soil? Motherfucker.

UVB-76's avatar

I don't think any paperwork or inspections were performed. They just showed up and started bashing away.

Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

In five years, every Youtube channel is going to have personal injury lawyer ads for people who worked in the White House and have since contracted mesothelioma.