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President Trump has ordered contractors to redo portions of the new White House helipad after expressing dissatisfaction with its appearance, including concerns about the slope of the South Lawn, according to The Washington Post.
The changes come after weeks of around-the-clock construction. The Washington Post reports crews have already removed portions of a granite presidential seal that had begun taking shape and are now evaluating whether part of the lawn itself must be regraded so the helipad appears level.
The $5 million-plus project, funded by Lockheed Martin, is intended to accommodate the new VH-92A Patriot presidential helicopter, whose downward-directed exhaust can scorch the South Lawn. The White House is aiming to complete the helipad before a planned September state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to The Washington Post.
In pretending to be critical of the genocide they fueled, the racist stock line from Blinken et al was that “far too many Palestinians have been killed” by Israel — as if even one Palestinian death was not only acceptable but necessary.
Given how the genocide continued unabated after this massacre and so many others, the Biden team clearly thought that this slaughter wasn’t “too many”:Mosab Abu Toha (@MosabAbuToha)(Remember when the MSNBC journalist asked me, “Why not humanize all?” Then please do exactly that. Cover this. Report on it. Tell these families’ stories. If this does not deserve sustained international coverage, what does?)
Today, a historic mass funeral in Gaza City laid to rest 112 Palestinian civilians from the Abu Sharia and Al-Hasayna families, making it the largest single-event funeral procession in Palestinian history. These victims were killed on November 22, 2023, during a devastating Israeli airstrike that completely leveled a densely populated residential block in al-Sabra neighborhood, claiming the lives of approximately 308 people in total. Because israeli intense military attacks and severe equipment shortages blocked emergency access to the site, the bodies remained trapped under the concrete rubble for over two and a half years. The collective burial finally took place at the Baptist Cemetery following an arduous, days-long recovery operation by the Gaza Civil Defense, drawing thousands of mourners to honor the victims, who included over 40 children and 30 women.
Now ask yourself this: if this had happened anywhere else in the world, would there have been live coverage from the scene? Would journalists from CNN, BBC, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, CBC, Sky News, France 24, or other major international outlets have been broadcasting this funeral to a global audience?
Surely, many a single victim elsewhere could command hours of international coverage. But sorry, the victims are Palestinians and the mainstream media does not even consider them human.— https://x.com/MosabAbuToha/status/2084623614020616602
IT’S TIME FOR STRANGE SPY FACTS! THEATER AND SHOW FOLK EDITION!
Heroic #WWII spy #Josephine_Baker wrote her intel reports using SW on sheet music. Smuggled film in furs.
Heroic #WWII spy #Josephine_Baker wrote her intel reports using SW on sheet music. Smuggled film in furs.