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Wednesday 15 March 2017

This little girl was not invited to lunch in the State Dining Room / 666: drumpforama in the fun house (distorted vision) / Voyeur

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Al-Hol, Syria: Un enfant Irakienne qui a fui Mossoul dans le camp de réfugies de Al-Hol: photo by Delil Souleman/AFP, 12 March 2017



IRAQ - Over 80,000 Iraqis displaced in west Mosul fighting. Photo @ArisMessinis #MosulOffensive #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 March 2017



IRAQ - Over 80,000 Iraqis displaced in west Mosul fighting. Photo @ArisMessinis #MosulOffensive #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 March 2017



IRAQ - Over 80,000 Iraqis displaced in west Mosul fighting. Photo @ArisMessinis #MosulOffensive #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 March 2017



IRAQ - Over 80,000 Iraqis displaced in west Mosul fighting. Photo @ArisMessinis #MosulOffensive #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 March 2017


IRAQ - Iraqi government forces fire a rocket towards IS group positions in west Mosul. Photo @ArisMessinis #MosulOffensive: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 March 2017

Iraq Mosul

A woman holds her daughters as gunshots are heard in a neighborhood recently liberated by Iraqi security forces in western Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, March 14, 2017.: photo by Felipe Dana/AP, 14 March 2017

Iraq Mosul

An injured man is carried atop an Iraqi special forces armored vehicle during fighting against Islamic State militants in western Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, March 14, 2017.: photo by Felipe Dana/AP, 14 March 2017

Iraq Mosul

Iraqi civilians line up to receive food supplies in a neighborhood recently liberated by Iraqi security forces in western Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, March 14, 2017.: photo by Felipe Dana/AP, 14 March 2017

Drumpforama in the Fun House (distorted vision)


Through a clear glass, blurrily: A view of the Jefferson Memorial from the Blue Room of The White House. #whitehouse #potus: image via Stephen Crowley @Stcrow, 14 March 2017


@realDonaldTrump meets with Saudi deputy crown prince in the Oval Office: image via Jeff Mason @jeffmason1, 14 March 2017

 
Pres Trump meets in Oval Office with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman. (Pool photo @mikememoli): image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 14 March 2017

 
Neither the Pres nor Saudi Minister made a statement during photo op, as is usually the case. (Pool photo @W7VOA): image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 14 March 2017
 
Sarcasm? In the Oval, Pres Trump was heard to refer to photo op press as "very nice people." "We hope so," the Saudi minister replied...: tweet via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 14 March 2017



Lunch in the White House state dining room is the next stop for @realDonaldTrump and Saudi delegation: image via Jeff Mason @jeffmason1, 14 March 2017

 
Pres Trump and aides will shortly be having lunch with the Saudi minister in the State Dining Room. (Pool photo by @W7VOA): image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 14 March 2017


Pres and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince shake hands then take their seats opposite one another in State Dining Room for lunch.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 14 March 2017



Pres and Saudi Deputy Crown Prince shake hands then take their seats opposite one another in State Dining Room for lunch.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 14 March 2017



Still no remarks from either Pres Trump or the Saudi minister about their meeting today. WH to issue statement later.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 14 March 2017


 Dina Powell, the Arabic-speaking top Trump aide, is seated at the head of the table in his lunch with the Saudi Deputy Crown Prince: image via Kevin Liptak @kevinliptakcnn, 14 March 2017



Note historic portrait of Abe Lincoln overlooking diplomatic luncheon getting underway in the State Dining Room. (Pool photo @markmemoli): image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 14 March 2017

 
VP Pence administers oath of office to Seema Verma, confirmed yesterday as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 14 March 2017



Verma says American health care "at a crossroads" and she'll work to help all have access to quality health care coverage they can afford.: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 14 March 2017 


White House bachelor must triple check self after last yr but seems caught ogling in photo op w so-called “Obamacare vics” Photo @AFPphoto #women: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 14 March 2017



 @PressSec defends GOP health care plan and says @USCBO estimates on impact on health care coverage have been "consistently wrong".: image via Mark Knoller @markknoller, 14 March 2017


Air quotes trend as last word on Trump #beyondwords #wiretap charge. #Visuallanguage as language. @presssec Photo Mark Wilson @GettyImages: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 14 March 2017



Kushners set to get $400 million from Chinese on marquee tower
Reading The Pictures Retweeted Bloomberg Politics
Reading The Pictures added,
The fisheye doesn't begin to illustrate how warped the Chinese/Kushner influence deal is.
image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 14 March 2017

 
666 #JaredKushner #China #realestate #conflictofinterest #influencepeddling: image via Reading The Pictures @ReadingThePix, 14 March 2017

Voyeur

0 | by ColieSTP

[Untitled]: photo by SETTHAWUT PITAKSAPAISAL, 13 March 2017

0 | by ColieSTP

[Untitled]: photo by SETTHAWUT PITAKSAPAISAL, 13 March 2017

0 | by ColieSTP

[Untitled]: photo by SETTHAWUT PITAKSAPAISAL, 13 March 2017

Untitled | by Md. Imam Hasan

[Untitled, Dhaka]: photo by Muhammad Imam Hasan, 1 November 2016

Untitled | by Oscar_from_Denmark

[Untitled]: photo by Oscar_from_Denmark, 4 December 2016

dscf9678 | by Mihai Ciama

dscf9678. Barcelona, 2016: photo by Mihai Ciama, 27 October 2016

Untitled | by alejandra cárdenas

[Untitled]: photo by alejándra cardenas, 26 November 2011

Feeding Birds In The Park... | by czolacz

Feeding Birds in the Park... (Birds' point of view). London.: photo by czolacz, 12 June 2015

Feeding Birds In The Park... | by czolacz

Feeding Birds in the Park... (Birds' point of view). London.: photo by czolacz, 12 June 2015

Feeding Birds In The Park... | by czolacz

Feeding Birds in the Park... (Birds' point of view). London.: photo by czolacz, 12 June 2015

#16 | by clairebrinberg

#16: photo by Claire Grinberg, 13 September 2015

#16 | by clairebrinberg

#16: photo by Claire Grinberg, 13 September 2015

#16 | by clairebrinberg

#16: photo by Claire Grinberg, 13 September 2015

Squirrel landlord comes to collect the rent | by deepstoat

Squirrel landlord comes to collect the rent [London]: photo by Stephen Leslie, 26 December 2015

Squirrel landlord comes to collect the rent | by deepstoat

Squirrel landlord comes to collect the rent [London]: photo by Stephen Leslie, 26 December 2015

Squirrel landlord comes to collect the rent | by deepstoat

Squirrel landlord comes to collect the rent [London]: photo by Stephen Leslie, 26 December 2015

Untitled | by Blue Rattanapol

 [Untitled]: photo by Blue Rattanapol, 24 October 2016

Untitled | by Blue Rattanapol

 [Untitled]: photo by Blue Rattanapol, 24 October 2016

Untitled | by Blue Rattanapol

 [Untitled]: photo by Blue Rattanapol, 24 October 2016

Untitled | by Md Enamul Kabir

Untitled. Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 9 September 2016

Untitled | by Md Enamul Kabir

Untitled. Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 9 September 2016

Untitled | by Md Enamul Kabir

Untitled. Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Md. Enamul Kabir, 9 September 2016

Tokyo 2014 | by Dance with the Strangers

Tokyo 2014: photo by Hirokazu Toda, 9 September 2014

Untitled | by LarryH.

Untitled [Chengdu]: photo by LarryH., 2 September 2014

Getting Ahead | by jopaulwallace

Getting Ahead: photo by Jo Wallace, 25 February 2014

Untitled | by naye lee

Untitled [Ciudad de Mexico]: photo by naye lee, 14 January 2013

Untitled | by naye lee

Untitled [Ciudad de Mexico]: photo by naye lee, 14 January 2013

Untitled | by naye lee

Untitled [Ciudad de Mexico]: photo by naye lee, 14 January 2013

Untitled | by Oguz Ozkan

Untitled: photo by Oguz Ozkan, 18 April 2014


Untitled | by Peter Kool

Untitled: photo by Peter Kool, 20 Mayl 2014


. | by RafaAlcacer

Untitled: photo by Rafa, 25 April 2012

Untitled | by Pau Buscató

Untitled [Midtown NYC]. Dhaka, Bangladesh: photo by Pau Buscató, 8 October 2015

L1005072 | by F1.2

L1995072: photo by John Ulaszek, 7 December 2014

Street photography | by grinch333

Street photography: photo by liu tao, 8 December 2013

Barbie Cake | by alanburles

Barbie Cake: photo by Alan Burles, May 2007

43 | by titova1

43: photo by Olga Titova, 12 November 2016

DSCF30037 | by Xaris P / (Haris P)

DSCF30037: photo by xaris p, 10 February 2016

untitled | by Taey Kittipong

[Untitled, Suratthani, Thailand]: photo by Taey Kittipong, 22 September 2016

untitled | by Taey Kittipong
 

[Untitled, Suratthani, Thailand]: photo by Taey Kittipong, 22 September 2016

untitled | by Taey Kittipong

[Untitled, Suratthani, Thailand]
: photo by Taey Kittipong, 22 September 2016


Thailand Only | by Lord TonGy ☠

 Thailand Only. Ratchadamnoen, February 2014
: photo by Lord TonGy in Bangkok, 29 March 2014


* | by Stefano Mirabella

 [Untitled]
: photo by Stefano Mirabella, 19 February 2014


#58On mission | by dongbide

#58 On mission. #25: photo by Peter Dunsche, 28 June 2016

Man with Flowers (Pursued) - Market Street | by dmcguire

Man with Flowers [Pursued] - Market Street. The prelude... [San Francisco]: photo by Dennis McGuire, 17 May 2010

Untitled | by Leo Berne

[Untitled, Madrid]: photo by Leo Berne 16 October 2004

Untitled | by paskualito

[Untitled]: photo by pascualito Alfredo Moreno, 21 December 2009

MS 4 | by Blonski Cruz

MS 4 Taken in Sonepon Mela (Bihar, India): photo by Blonski Cruz, 14 November 2016

* | by Sakulchai Sikitikul

[Untitled, Songkhla, Thailand]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 22 January 2017

* | by Sakulchai Sikitikul

[Untitled, Songkhla, Thailand]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 22 January 2017

* | by Sakulchai Sikitikul

[Untitled, Songkhla, Thailand]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 22 January 2017

Morning ride. Vancouver, BC. 2016 | by Skyid J. Wang

Morning ride. Vancouver, B.C.: photo by Skyid Wang, 12 November 2016

Morning ride. Vancouver, BC. 2016 | by Skyid J. Wang

Morning ride. Vancouver, B.C.: photo by Skyid Wang, 12 November 2016

Morning ride. Vancouver, BC. 2016 | by Skyid J. Wang

Morning ride. Vancouver, B.C.: photo by Skyid Wang, 12 November 2016

Man down. Vancouver, BC. 2016 | by Skyid J. Wang

Man down. Vancouver, B.C.: photo by Skyid Wang, 22 November 2016
 Untitled. New Orleans. LA. 2017 | by Skyid J. Wang

Untitled. New Orleans, La.: photo by Skyid Wang, 28 February 2017

Untitled. New Orleans. LA. 2017 | by Skyid J. Wang

Untitled. New Orleans, La.: photo by Skyid Wang, 28 February 2017

Untitled. New Orleans. LA. 2017 | by Skyid J. Wang

Untitled. New Orleans, La.: photo by Skyid Wang, 28 February 2017

Untitled | by Jamie Fyson Howard

[Untitled, Warsaw]: photo by Jamie Howard, 15 May 2015

* | by Sakulchai Sikitikul

[Untitled, Tokyo]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 5 November 2013

* | by Sakulchai Sikitikul

[Untitled, Tokyo]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 5 November 2013

* | by Sakulchai Sikitikul

[Untitled, Tokyo]: photo by Sakulchai Sikitikul, 5 November 2013

Rabbit on Seventh Avenue | by stevensiegel260

Rabbit on Seventh Avenue. 38th Street and Seventh Avenue. [Balloon handlers for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, in the rain, sometime before 2010]: photo by Steven Siegel, 24 August 2010

Isola del giglio, Costa Concordia | by Roberto Deri

Isola del giglio, Costa Concordia: photo by Roberto Neri, 18 June 2012

Isola del giglio, Costa Concordia | by Roberto Deri

Isola del giglio, Costa Concordia: photo by Roberto Neri, 18 June 2012

Isola del giglio, Costa Concordia | by Roberto Deri

Isola del giglio, Costa Concordia: photo by Roberto Neri, 18 June 2012


Untitled | by citizen b

[Untitled]: photo by Bar Barbosa, 6 December 2012

Weymouth, August 2016, IMG_4782_small_F | by Paul Russell99

Weymouth, August 2014: photo by Paul Russell, 7 August 2016