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Trump administration says painting Eisenhower building would hurt…

The draft assessment, published Friday, says the building's hand-selected grey and pink granite walls are part of its 19th-century character; the paperwork is winning.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA draft environmental assessment published Friday says the administration's plan to paint the Eisenhower Executive Office Building white would diminish its historic character.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe administration wrote that. About its own plan.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWith me is Persephone Lindqvist-Amaro, a lifestyle creator who has built a morning routine around the granite. So, what is the routine?

  4. Persephone Lindqvist-AmaroIt starts with a glass of warm water, then I greet the grey and pink hues, and this is Ike, my granite facial roller.

  5. Persephone Lindqvist-AmaroSwipe up, twenty percent off with code GRANITE.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe report says hand-selected. You say swipe up. Which of you is the primary source?

  7. Persephone Lindqvist-AmaroI live it, Hank. Swipe up, thirty-five percent off, and the code covers the roller.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo you haven't read it.

  9. Persephone Lindqvist-AmaroSwipe up, fifty percent off, because the building and I both believe in leaving the stone natural.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA government lost an argument to its own paperwork, and the only thing unopposed is a code that does not exist.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRex, I'm told the field has no paint on it.

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