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ForgedCrank

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10. I don't

Reply to GenThePerservering (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 12:21 AM

Oct 2025

think he's really doing anything illegal. The man operates within the loopholes of the law. Many lines have never been drawn because no one ever expected anyone to cross them.
It's like floating in a life raft while watching your own boat sink and slip below the water and there isn't a damned thing you can do about it other than stare in disbelief.

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Does he have permits for the demolition work? [View all] canetoad Oct 2025 OP

I think he also can't legally demolish part of what is, after all, a national possession with no authorization or budget viva la Oct 2025 #1

Well said. yellow dahlia Oct 2025 #4

One of his lifelong patterns has been to start demolition and then refuse to stop... Hekate Oct 2025 #2

Not a normal person. yellow dahlia Oct 2025 #6

No one will stop him GenThePerservering Oct 2025 #3

I don't ForgedCrank Oct 2025 #10

It's a question of viewpoint charliea Oct 2025 #19

Read somewhere on DU that he downsized or hampered a Historical Society that would Baitball Blogger Oct 2025 #5

Permits - we don't need no stinkin' permits. yellow dahlia Oct 2025 #7

Seen this posted earlier. Blue Full Moon Oct 2025 #8

The wiki says the East Wing was built in 1942. Is that old enough to give it some kind of historic value? Melon Oct 2025 #9

The first East Wing was originally built in 1902. tinrobot Oct 2025 #18

Maybe there should be some repercussions for the companies doing the work? wcmagumba Oct 2025 #11

With any luck, there's asbestos. Buddyzbuddy Oct 2025 #12

not like hes gonna pay the contractors lol TalenaGor Oct 2025 #13

right, patriotic private donors Zackzzzz Oct 2025 #15

Not when he has the federal budget to pay from quakerboy Oct 2025 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Buddyzbuddy Oct 2025 #14

😂 LOL Lucky Luciano Oct 2025 #16

He did it for revenge of the protests yesterday. C Moon Oct 2025 #17

Permits? Ha! ReRe Oct 2025 #20

I read the Federal Government is self permitting CanonRay Oct 2025 #22

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