In this episode of The Lagrange Report, we unpack the breathless WIRED headline claiming that a Trump-era agency “gifted itself” a \$500 million building. Sounds outrageous—until you look at the facts. What actually happened was a standard, lawful interagency transfer overseen by the General Services Administration, with zero private gain and clear statutory precedent. But that didn’t stop legacy media from casting it as a coup. We’re here to clear the fog, expose the manipulations, and show how bureaucratic routine was weaponized into political hysteria.
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By The Lagrange Report Music Staff
They said it was a seizure, a midnight raid
With whispered keys and plans they made
The headlines cried “a hostile grab”
But it was just the law, not a power stab
A building shift, an old DC dance
Within the scope of legal stance
Oh, Constitution Ave, where the stories twist and weave
Is it scandal or just duty when the headlines aim to deceive?
Call it conquest, call it order, call it just a shifting tide
But don’t forget who steers the ship, and what the laws provide
They said the staff were forced to go
Like thieves had crept in soft and low
But all it was—a staffing change
Like every White House swap and range
No broken locks, no secret plots
Just policy moving vacant lots
The Peace Institute they framed as free
From oversight or authority
But Congress funds it year by year
And presidents appoint who steers
So calling it “independent” now
Just muddies truth beneath the vow
Oh, Constitution Ave, where the stories twist and weave
Is it scandal or just duty when the headlines aim to deceive?
Call it conquest, call it order, call it just a shifting tide
But don’t forget who steers the ship, and what the laws provide
A court was asked to halt the move
But found no cause, no law to prove
The judge declined to stop the tide
No crime, no theft, no rule defied
Still critics screamed with wounded pride
As former roles were cast aside
The media called it “giving gifts”
But didn’t say how the system shifts
From one fed hand to one the same
No pocket lined, no private gain
Just GSA and budget goals
Aligning peace with broader roles
Oh, Constitution Ave, where the stories twist and weave
Is it scandal or just duty when the headlines aim to deceive?
Call it conquest, call it order, call it just a shifting tide
But don’t forget who steers the ship, and what the laws provide
So if a building stands or falls
By headlines or by marble halls
Ask not who cried the loudest fear—
But who was right to commandeer
And when the facts are hard to track,
Look at the law—they brought it back
