Will Trump’s White House Ballroom Be “Free”?
As of October 2025, the White House says President Donald Trump and private donors will pay the construction cost for a new state ballroom, described at $200| ThePricer
Social Security Benefits to Rise 2.8% in 2026, Affecting About 75 Million Americans. The Social Security Administration said on Oct. 24, 2025 that benefits for about 75 million Americans will rise by 2.8% in 2026. The agency estimates the average retired worker will receive about $56 more per month, with the typical benefit moving from […]| ThePricer Media
TL;DR Obama’s years lead because of a $376 million utilities and life-safety overhaul in 2010–2014, focused on buried systems, not décor. The perimeter fence totaled about $64 million across 2019–2021. The Situation Room refresh was about $50 million in 2023. Décor is different. Much of it is privately funded by the White House Historical Association, […]| ThePricer Media
The $376 million figure: The number drew attention because many posts said it paid for redecorating inside the White House. That framing is widely shared, but it does not reflect what official reporting and records describe. Claim: “Obama spent $376M redecorating the White House.” What the records show: The $376M refers to a four-year project […]| ThePricer Media
As of October 2025, the White House says President Donald Trump and private donors will pay the construction cost for a new state ballroom, described at $200| ThePricer
On September 8, 2025, the Supreme Court cleared broad immigration stops in Los Angeles, and DHS opened a Chicago surge dubbed Midway Blitz. Days earlier,| ThePricer
Last month, I was a speaker at Chris Guillebeau’s Neurodivergent2025 conference in Austin. My workshop was called “Sensory Alchemy” — I was talkin...| Sarah Selecky Writing School
“Magic is the way that the left hemisphere sees powers over which it has no control.” — Iain McGilchrist I finished watching the series finale o...| Sarah Selecky Writing School
As large social media platforms like Reddit grow subject to ever increasing scrutiny over the content posted by their users, it is becoming increasingly common for these platforms to remove entire communities over concerns about the content being shared and discussed there. | Binary Impulse
Recently, I was contacted by Lon Seidman from Lon.TV on YouTube about my home network and my Gigabit Pro setup. He found me through my article here on Binary Impulse: What It Was Like Getting Comcast Gigabit Pro.| Binary Impulse
