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Rhiannon12866

(260,764 posts) Sat Jun 20, 2026, 03:46 AM 13 hrs ago

WaPo: $352M redirected from Secret Service budget amid WH ballroom project - On The Line - MS NOW

The Washington Post reports that $352 million has been redirected from the U.S. Secret Service budget amid the White House East Wing Construction project. Also, the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is being clouded by algae. MS NOW Reporter Jake Traylor has more details from the White House.

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WaPo: $352M redirected from Secret Service budget amid WH ballroom project - On The Line - MS NOW (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 13 hrs ago OP

So, I Called My Finance Person... wyn borkins 13 hrs ago #1

. . . and stop calling it a ballroom! Aussie105 11 hrs ago #2

wyn borkins

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1. So, I Called My Finance Person...

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 04:20 AM

13 hrs ago

...and requested that $352 million be transferred from Project A to Project B and she responded with:

Sure Jan, I'll get right on that for you.

Aussie105

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2. . . . and stop calling it a ballroom!

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 06:16 AM

11 hrs ago

It's an underground bunker for the Elites when Armageddon breaks out and the giant mushroom clouds appear on the globe.

The escalating cost tells you it isn't just another ballroom.

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