Chief Justice Roberts has before him the request from President Trump to stay the order halting construction at the White House, including its below-ground national security facilities, the ballroom above ground, and whatever is intend for the roof (drone defenses perhaps?) We don’t know and should not know how the White House is defended from all threats, or what is in the building —or under it or over it.
Justice Roberts requested the Trust’s response, due by noon (EDT) on Tuesday, August 18, 2026
I hope the Chief Justice stays the D.C. Circuit order Tuesday by COB and makes it clear that construction may continue until and unless the Supreme Court orders it halted. Not only are there the standing issues that should have barred the Trust from getting to the merits as President Trump noted yesterday, but the heart of the debate is presidential authority over the Executive Mansion and its related grounds and other structures related to the role of Commander-in-Chief.
This is not a close case. A terse opinion may follow on the ongoing, urgent need to allow this president and all future presidents authority over their home/office/national security facilities within that area as well as associated areas such as Camp David.
To ignore the rapidly evolving threats to the White House and any facility used frequently by any president against this reality would be reckless beyond reason and defy common sense. Judge Rao’s dissent from the D.C. Circuit decision is persuasive but it is too long. The idea that there has to be a process to change the White House facilities (or Camp David or any national security facility threatened by continually changing capabilities of the country’s enemies) is ridiculous and should be declared so in short, sharp sentences aimed at restoring common sense to the country’s
awareness of the threats it faces.
The backdrop to this case is not just repeated attempts on the lives of this and other presidents, but also rapidly evolving surveillance technology that has to be countered, and of course the astonishing evolution of the threats from drones and hypersonic missiles over the past three years. This president and future presidents should not be hindered in securing their homes, offices and national security facilities from a threat matrix that has soared off the charts.
Imagine the consequences of a state sponsor of terror successfully targeting the White House if necessary defenses that would have deflected the attack are not in place because of this ridiculous litigation.
TDS has spread far and wide, but while the hard left in this country (and the terror-based regimes which align with the objectives of the radicals) would love to see a Commander-in-Chief denied authority over his command structures and defense of his residence, the Supreme Court should move quickly to end this circus.
You've been watching the Iran story wrong. It's not about tankers or negotiations.
It's about a system Kissinger built in 1976 — and someone just indicted him for it at Chatham House. @sjkokinda names the names.
Military families give up their entire livelihoods in defense of our nation. Now they finally have a President who is willing to stick up for them.
The Military Spouse Commission will take on challenges facing military families in housing, employment, healthcare, education, childcare and more. 🇺🇸
I no longer have the energy to deal with the overly anti-Israel people, or the overly pro-Israel people.
Both sides are interested in their own agendas, and neither one has to do with the prosperity of the American People or the world.
If you truly understand the magnitude of our situation, you understand that Trump and the US MIL are in the process of surgically eradicating an extremely powerful transnational organization, that has embedded itself in governments around the world, known as the Deep State. We are in the middle of a global shadow war, and Trump/US MIL are managing to do so without mass chaos and civilian casualties.
What’s going on in Iran, is not just about Iran. It’s about the Obama administration, it’s about the House of Saud/Rothschilds/Soros, it’s about leverage over China and the EU/NATO, and more.
We are currently at war with all enemies, foreign and domestic, and the timeline is not altered by “influencers” bitching on the Internet. Trump and the US MIL know precisely what they are doing, and if you don’t trust them, that’s too bad, because you don’t have a choice. The world will be saved, and you’re going to like it.
Ignore the noise. It’s irrelevant to the mission. Charlie Mike.
Stephen A. Smith publicly APOLOGIZES to Kyrie Irving after calling him "selfish" for refusing the COVID jab.
"Hindsight-wise, it didn’t make him stubborn or selfish. It made him BRAVE."
"I watched Dr. Fauci on Capitol Hill yesterday, and the person I thought about most was Kyrie Irving."
“Kyrie Irving stood out in my mind because of the heat that he was taking... He refused the vaccine. New York City's mandate made him ineligible for home games, and he linked his stance to people losing jobs over vaccine mandates."
“In my opinion, particularly hindsight-wise, it didn't make him stubborn or selfish. It made him brave. His willingness to stand up and say, ‘Nah, I'm not doing that.’
“It's just a time for reflection — to look at things differently.”
Kyrie gave up $11,400,000 in game checks during the 21-22 NBA season and a $100,000,000 extension with the Nets to be unvaccinated.
That cements his holdout as the largest financial sacrifice any athlete has ever made over an issue in history.
The Seahawks return 20 of 22 starters -- and 34 of their top 38 players in offensive/defensive snaps -- from a team that finished with the best combined regular-season/postseason point differential for a Super Bowl champion since 1999.
What are we doing?
EXPLOSIVE: Massive Election Corruption Report Details 824 Findings Across 800 Pages of Search Warrants and Investigative Documents * The Gateway Pundit * by Jim Hoft https://t.co/BNPc7f6fKD
This is one of the most important moments ever aired on CNBC.
Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya says the media lied to millions of Americans about President Trump, and that after going back to the original source material, he realized he had been completely misled about Trump’s character.
PALIHAPITIYA: “The reality is that most of us were lied to by the media about President Trump.”
“And if you just go back to the source material, you should take away two things.”
“One, he didn’t say half the things he said, and two, why did these other people just fabricate what they wanted to say so that they could essentially assassinate his character?”
“I think that that second thing is completely unacceptable in America, and there’s still been no repercussions, really.”
“I took the time to learn about it. I admitted where…you know, the way that I met him was, I admitted on the pod, which, you know, has millions of viewers.”
“And I said, I got it totally wrong because I went and I watched Charlottesville.”
“And, you know, the first person to call me? President Trump.”
“And I got to know him and I put the phone down, I called my wife, and I said, we got it TOTALLY, totally wrong. We were lied to.”
“And then I got to know him and he is fantastic!”
@chamath