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sl8

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27. I don't think that article is correct.
Sun May 25, 2025, 02:16 PM
May 25

That article calls it Springsteen's writing, but I'm pretty sure it's by Elayne Griffin Baker.

USA Today and other articles call it "The Gray House", but it looks like she titled it "No joy in the White House".

https://www.charlottedems.com/no-joy-in-the-white-house/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/10/29/bruce-springsteen-calls-americans-vote-trump-out-office/6076073002/

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Lovely malaise May 25 #1
Made me samplegirl May 25 #2
Then watch this and laugh😀 malaise May 25 #3
The reason those things don't happen is because they're incapable of it. Boomerproud May 25 #4
Spreading pain samplegirl May 25 #5
"The Gray House", by Elayne Griffin Baker. sl8 May 25 #6
Ms. Baker's piece, "No joy in the White House": sl8 May 25 #22
Yes!!! lark May 25 #7
One apparently must be signed on to instagram. niyad May 25 #8
No flying rabbit May 25 #10
Had already tried that, and it did not work for me. niyad May 25 #11
Try this: sl8 May 25 #13
Thank you for that. True when he made it in 2020, still true now. niyad May 25 #16
That's from October 2020. Is that what's in the OP? I can usually get Instagram links to open, but highplainsdem May 25 #17
Yes. sl8 May 25 #18
Thanks! And I apologize for skimming past your earlier post so fast you had to repeat it. Mea culpa. highplainsdem May 25 #19
De nada & absolutely no worries. nt sl8 May 25 #20
Ty samplegirl May 25 #23
You're quite welcome. sl8 May 25 #25
The only culture we see from this White House is Trump's collection of gold gimcracks and gewgaws in the Oval Office. sop May 25 #9
I disagree JT99 May 25 #12
Thanks, Mr. Springsteen BoRaGard May 25 #14
Outstanding, uplifting, brutally accurate. Paladin May 25 #15
I am glad there are no cats or dogs anywhere near the trump family. SamKnause May 25 #21
I'll say samplegirl May 25 #24
This is a statement from 2020 unblock May 25 #26
I don't think that article is correct. sl8 May 25 #27
Thank you. So baker wrote it in 2020, the boss read it later that year, unblock May 25 #28
It is a recent Instagram post, but the poster did credit the actual author (no date). sl8 May 25 #29
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