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"Rather than use Saturday’s aborted attack to raise his polling from the toilet, Donald Trump pivoted immediately to promoting the gilded ballroom he wants built where the East Wing once stood. MAGA took the cue to unleash propaganda. It’s a matter of national security!"
Border Collies Are Not This Quick – Digby's Hullabaloo
https://digbysblog.net/2026/04/27/border-collies-are-not-this-quick/

We’ve been living through an extravagant “Let them eat cake” time, a gilded age of tech robber barons who are swinging to precarious heights. At the same time, I’m feeling (are you feeling it?) invisible revolutions forming in hearts everywhere. Nothing has changed, but everything is changing.
https://salrandolph.substack.…

Marie, Marie: The Invisible Revolutions of the Heart
We’ve been living through an extravagant “Let them eat cake” time, a gilded age of tech robber barons who are swinging to precarious heights.

Trump draws comparisons to Marie Antoinette
as he leans into the gilded trappings of the presidency
https://apnews.com/article/trump-renovations-marie-antoinette-ballroom-affordability-midterms-5015c7f144fc3b…

Despite Marie Antoinette comparisons, Trump leans into opulence
President Donald Trump is more overtly leaning into some of the spoils of his office in his second term, drawing comparisons to French Queen Marie Antoinette from political opponents. He has celebrated renderings of his $400 million White House ballroom even during the war in Iran and a partial government shutdown. His administration is pushing ahead with plans to build a 250-foot Triumphal Arch near the Lincoln Memorial. Democrats say Trump is more interested in the gilded trappings of the pre…

I am not a #Catholic, nor do I play one on TV. And neither am I a big fan of the #CatholicChurch. The centuries of skeletons in their gilded closets, and their history of cultural repression and coverups of worse crimes than even those Trump and his cronies are celebrating would not seem to give t…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Johnny Jenkins:
🎵 I Walk on Guilded Splinters
#JohnnyJenkins
https://ultimatebreaksandbeats.bandcamp.com/track/i-walk-on-gilded-splinters-from-ton-ton-macoute-1974
https://open.spotify.com/track/0OSNN0ABo1HMgfGeMQ3pCr

Preview of Trump's ballroom?

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #UltimateCalm
Sarah Davachi:
🎵 Gilded
#SarahDavachi
https://open.spotify.com/track/0cSdWJzO18liElNMCAYCig

Bangles for babies. The one on the left needs mending, to look like the one on the right. Meant to shape hands ward off evil.
The black beads are plastic; the yellow ones are gilded resin. The string is silver, copper, or an alloy.
#silentSunday #photography #amateur #bangles #jewelery #India