Philip Corwin

[Philip Corwin @VLawDC]

Making America Vulgar Again...

[Greta Berlin @Truegreta]

I stood at this pool, at both monuments and saw both reflections…
He’s a God damn idiot, as are the fools that support him. The “Reflection Pool” wasn’t designed by American architect Henry Bacon a hundred years ago to look like a swimming pool. It’s designed to have a darkened characteristics that has reflective qualities to reflect the monuments.
That way, the Washington Monument is reflective to you when at the Lincoln Memorial, and when at the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial is reflective to you.
It’s designed to enhance the grandeur of monuments, create an illusion of reflection, and inclusion of expansive space of unity.
He’s a tacky vulgar person that vulgarizes everything he touches. America isn’t becoming great, it’s becoming vulgar.

Credit - Mathew Reed

[Philip Corwin @VLawDC]

May the Lord smite this hideous Mad Max eyesore with a mighty bolt from heaven...

[ABC News @ABC]

President Trump is floating the possibility of keeping the UFC arena on the White House South Lawn — built for a series of fights on his birthday and Flag Day — permanently.

Read more: https://t.co/PdI3ZarEYr

[Philip Corwin @VLawDC]

"What does it mean for the GOP?
It likely means a tsunami election in the 2026 midterm elections, with Democrats taking the U.S. House and gaining seats in the U.S. Senate while also winning state-level elections."
The Impending Republican Collapse https://t.co/CjNLFS1xRW

[Philip Corwin @VLawDC]

Trump the Barbarian...

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

The Historic White House is no longer the Iconic place it once was because now it looks like an abandoned theme park.

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

Note what has happened today. Iran insisted on Israel ceasing fire in Lebanon as part of US ceasefire, then made their proxy in Lebanon keep firing at Israel, then used Israel’s response as a pretext to break off negotiations.

They know Washington is desperate for a deal before the world economy drops off a cliff and Americans pay a fortune at the gas pump. Tehran is running rings around Trump. The Iranians have a strategy and Washington does not. This is an absolute tragedy.

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

We’re not paying for this, right?

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

SAD, BUT TRUE.

Selfish son of a bitch.

[Philip Corwin @VLawDC]

Celebration devolution

[Spiro’s Ghost @AntiToxicPeople]

1976 bicentennial performers (live and TV):

Elvis Presley, Peter Frampton, Aerosmith, Bob Hope, Paul Anka, Walter Cronkite, Santana, The Who, The Beach Boys, The Who, The Miracles, Tavares, Lionel Hampton, Ringo Starr, The Moody Blues, Three Dog Night, America, The O'Jays, Hank Williams Jr., La Toya Jackson, The Mississippi Delta Blues Band, the United States Marine Band, the US Army, Navy and Air Force Bands, the all-city marching bands.

2026 250th anniv. performers:

Donald J. Trump

Vanilla Ice

[Philip Corwin @VLawDC]

War. Peace. So boring compared to a UFC cage match.

[Eamon Javers @EamonJavers]

I spoke to President Trump on the phone last hour about the end of negotiations with the Iranians. He told me: “I don’t care if they’re over, honestly. I really don’t care. I couldn’t care less. If they’re over, they’re over. If they’re not, you know, I think they took too much time. Frankly, I thought they started to get very boring.”

https://t.co/Erp6SKZ2Tx

[Esta @TheOnlyEsta]

Performing LIVE at the 250th Anniversary 🤣

[TheRealThelmaJohnson @TheRealThelmaJ1]

The White House looks like a Six Flags that closed because it got hit by a hurricane

[Steve Schmidt @SteveSchmidtSES]

“Trump has wrecked it. He has debased the People’s House with the aesthetic sensibilities of a pimp turned bankrupt casino operator and reality television performer, who confuses excess for greatness and spectacle for dignity. It’s appalling.”

https://t.co/0uuBcGPL2B

[Philip Corwin @VLawDC]

Hideous and appalling...

[Meacham @MeachamDr]

It’s like a meth family moved in….

[David Frum @davidfrum]

Trump was handed the opportunity to preside over a feel-good moment of national unity on July 4, 2026. All he had to do was for once in his life, not act like an egomaniacal lunatic. Instead, he's made a complete fiasco of the nation's 250th birthday. My latest https://t.co/77WQanV3kI

[Philip Corwin @VLawDC]

Perceptive piece on why the Ferrari Luce is really the iCar… https://t.co/F5hZDqdQxG

[Dani Klein 🌎 YeahThatsKosher @YeahThatsKosher]

@HenMazzig @davidmdraiman This is such a huge deal!

https://t.co/XlMzpUDjyk

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

“Growing up in Jerusalem, I was surrounded by incredible flavors, spices and food that told stories. I wanted to bring that same feeling here, not only for the local Jewish community, but for all of South Florida.”

Chef Raz Shabtai and his team celebrate as they learn that their restaurant, Mutra, earned a Michelin star.

Mutra is now, after only a year of operation, the first and only Kosher restaurant to have earned a Michelin star in the world.

Mazel Tov to everyone at Mutra!

[Philip Corwin @VLawDC]

What astonishing BS...

[Newt Gingrich @newtgingrich]

After spending this week reviewing the Iranian war I am now convinced President Trump is on the edge of an historic victory. The real breakthrough for me came as I reviewed President Trump’s decisions and maneuvers not from the standpoint of American unilateralism but from the standpoint of the leader of a remarkable historic coalition, the largest coalition ever put together in the modern Middle East. Everyone understands that Israel is an important ally. What is little discussed is the depth of support from the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region. It has to be sobering for the Iranian dictatorship to realize that it does not have a single ally willing to challenge the American naval blockade. Slowly, gradually, timidly, our European allies are lining up to help with the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. A great deal of President Trump’s maneuvers against Iran make sense once he is seen as a coalition leader and not just as a unilateral American President. I spent a lot of the last couple weeks reviewing kinetic options including wining the battle of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz and if necessary using the shocking and shattering level of force President Nixon and Secretary Kissinger used against Hanoi and Haiphong in Christmas 1972 (which both leaders believed convinced the North Vietnamese to agree to a truce and the freeing of American POWs). If this were a unilateral American campaign I could enthusiastically support a more aggressive kinetic campaign. However it is also clear it would shatter the coalition because our Arab allies are convinced Iran could still do enormous damage to their oil fields and infrastructure. Coalitions are inherently slower than unilateral campaigns. However coalitions ultimately bring vastly more power to the fight. I am as frustrated as everyone else by the pace of talking with the dictatorship but having reviewed the correlation of forces and the options available to the coalition on one side and the Iranian religiously motivated dictatorship on the other I am prepared to assert that President Trump’s coalition leadership (something almost none of his critics want to acknowledge) is within reach of an enormous historic victory. And if the Iranian dictatorship ultimately proves it is hopelessly committed to a suicidal position there will be plenty of time for a kinetic campaign of enormous power and effectiveness. Either way we are on the edge of an astonishing victory for our values and for a safer Middle East.

[Philip Corwin @VLawDC]

The Trump Touch: Everything he touches turns to shit...

[Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸 @Amy_Siskind]

OMG 💔