{"id":162088,"date":"2026-09-02T09:37:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/02\/the-white-house-is-in-its-whorehouse-era\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T09:37:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:37:58","slug":"the-white-house-is-in-its-whorehouse-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/02\/the-white-house-is-in-its-whorehouse-era\/","title":{"rendered":"The White House Is In Its Whorehouse Era"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Supreme Court\u2019s shadow-docket blessing of Donald Trump\u2019s ballroom<\/a> was always going to draw reviews. And y\u2019all \u2014 Ty Cobb has THOUGHTS.<\/p>\n

The former Hogan & Lovells partner, who left Biglaw to serve as special counsel in the first Trump White House<\/a>, has since made it his apparent life\u2019s mission to say out loud what everyone outside of MAGAland is thinking. This is a man who has not exactly been stingy with alarm bells. Cobb has warned there are no \u201cguardrails\u201d left around Trump<\/a>, called the president\u2019s crypto self-dealing the greatest onslaught of corruption in the history of mankind<\/a>, and gone on cable to flatly describe a useless Congress and an \u201cevil\u201d President<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the extremely opinionated Cobb turned up on CNN last night to react to the East Wing being turned into a monument to gold leaf. And his objection wasn\u2019t only about the law.<\/p>\n

Asked about Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019s dissent, the one that noted the ballroom\u2019s plain illegality<\/a> before the majority shrugged and decided no one had standing to say so, Cobb got a little sentimental.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, it certainly touched me because, as somebody who had spent a lot of time in the White House and in or about the grounds, it was a beautiful setting and a historic setting,\u201d Cobb said. <\/p>\n

Emphasis on the past tense, before delivering the bon mot: \u201cIt\u2019s turning into, you know, some combination of a whorehouse and Las Vegas at this stage of the game with all the gold and paving of it,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, it\u2019s tragic what\u2019s going on. But sadly, it\u2019s going to continue, at least for the time being.\u201d<\/p>\n

Say what you want about a whorehouse, at least it\u2019s honest about the transaction. Here the majority dressed political favoritism in a poor imitation of standing doctrine and called it a day.<\/p>\n

Watch the full appearance below.<\/p>\n

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Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of\u00a0The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of\u00a0Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email\u00a0her<\/a>\u00a0with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post The White House Is In Its Whorehouse Era<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Supreme Court\u2019s shadow-docket blessing of Donald Trump\u2019s ballroom<\/a> was always going to draw reviews. And y\u2019all \u2014 Ty Cobb has THOUGHTS.<\/p>\n

The former Hogan & Lovells partner, who left Biglaw to serve as special counsel in the first Trump White House<\/a>, has since made it his apparent life\u2019s mission to say out loud what everyone outside of MAGAland is thinking. This is a man who has not exactly been stingy with alarm bells. Cobb has warned there are no \u201cguardrails\u201d left around Trump<\/a>, called the president\u2019s crypto self-dealing the greatest onslaught of corruption in the history of mankind<\/a>, and gone on cable to flatly describe a useless Congress and an \u201cevil\u201d President<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the extremely opinionated Cobb turned up on CNN last night to react to the East Wing being turned into a monument to gold leaf. And his objection wasn\u2019t only about the law.<\/p>\n

Asked about Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019s dissent, the one that noted the ballroom\u2019s plain illegality<\/a> before the majority shrugged and decided no one had standing to say so, Cobb got a little sentimental.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, it certainly touched me because, as somebody who had spent a lot of time in the White House and in or about the grounds, it was a beautiful setting and a historic setting,\u201d Cobb said. <\/p>\n

Emphasis on the past tense, before delivering the bon mot: \u201cIt\u2019s turning into, you know, some combination of a whorehouse and Las Vegas at this stage of the game with all the gold and paving of it,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, it\u2019s tragic what\u2019s going on. But sadly, it\u2019s going to continue, at least for the time being.\u201d<\/p>\n

Say what you want about a whorehouse, at least it\u2019s honest about the transaction. Here the majority dressed political favoritism in a poor imitation of standing doctrine and called it a day.<\/p>\n

Watch the full appearance below.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/p>\n

Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of\u00a0The Jabot podcast<\/a>, and co-host of\u00a0Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email\u00a0her<\/a>\u00a0with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky\u00a0@Kathryn1<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post The White House Is In Its Whorehouse Era<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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