The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making

[RandMcnally]

@The_Tooth

This is easy to deal with, at least in some cases. The remaining daycare staff can be assigned to caring for the children of people who didn’t support Trump, and the children of Trump supporters can do without. It’s what they wanted, after all. It’s what they voted for.

My first thought when I read this article was, “good.” Those in the military voted overwhelmingly for Trump. This is what they wanted.

[Rick_Kitchen]

Border Patrol checking “papers” on domestic flights. Well, at least one.

[John_Bredin]

@Rick_Kitchen

Border Patrol checking “papers” on domestic flights. Well, at least one.

They’ve been doing this for many years at the Buffalo main Amtrak station to wholly domestic trains (not just the NYC-Toronto Maple Leaf) simply because it’s near(ish) the border. Lots of Border Patrol on the Lake Shore Limited material here.

[Rick_Kitchen]

Somebody handed out Russian flags with Trump’s name on them at CPAC, and the attendees were waving them enthusiastically during Trump’s speech, till staffers came around to collect them.

CPAC scrambles to control damage after attendees wave Russian flags during...

[Skywatcher]

Trump to press: “No more anonymous sources! Print the source’s name [sub]so I know who to go after![/sub]”

[MindsEye_Watering]

@Skywatcher

Trump to press: “No more anonymous sources! Print the source’s name [sub]so I know who to go after![/sub]”

Bringing the point home Friday to the CPAC crowd, Trump painted the media as “very smart, very cunning, and very dishonest” and advocated for exposing “their false stories.”

“No one loves the First Amendment more than me,” the president said before again making an us-versus-them claim that media corporations “have their own agenda and its not your agenda.”

“We’re gonna do something about it,” Trump vowed.

What is this So-Called president gonna do?

[raventhief]

@MindsEye_Watering

What is this So-Called president gonna do?

He’s gonna grab the first amendment by the pussy of course.

[Czarcasm]

@MindsEye_Watering

What is this So-Called president gonna do?

The same so-called president that once posed as his own press secretary to plant fake stories in the media?

[MindsEye_Watering]

CNN and other news outlets were blocked Friday from an off-camera White House press briefing, raising alarm among media organizations and First Amendment watchdogs.

The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and Politico were also excluded from the meeting, which is known as a gaggle and is less formal than the televised Q-and-A session in the White House briefing room. The gaggle was held by White House press secretary Sean Spicer.

White House blocks news organizations from press briefing

[Okrahoma]

@MindsEye_Watering

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/24/media/cnn-blocked-white-house-gaggle/index.html

2009: "We’re going to treat them [Fox News] the way we would treat an opponent,” said Anita Dunn, the White House communications director, in a telephone interview on Sunday. “As they are undertaking a war against Barack Obama and the White House, we don’t need to pretend that this is the way that legitimate news organizations behave.”

[SingleMalt]

@Okrahoma

2009: "We’re going to treat them [Fox News] the way we would treat an opponent,” said Anita Dunn, the White House communications director, in a telephone interview on Sunday. “As they are undertaking a war against Barack Obama and the White House, we don’t need to pretend that this is the way that legitimate news organizations behave.”

When was Fox News ever denied access?

[Bridget_Burke]

@Okrahoma

2009: "We’re going to treat them [Fox News] the way we would treat an opponent,” said Anita Dunn, the White House communications director, in a telephone interview on Sunday. “As they are undertaking a war against Barack Obama and the White House, we don’t need to pretend that this is the way that legitimate news organizations behave.”

What actions followed? From which press conferences was Fox News barred?

This being the Pit: Fox News has a poor reputation for veracity. They were against Obama before he was President. The major media were a bit too kind to The Donald, early on.

[Czarcasm]

@SingleMalt

When was Fox News ever denied access?

When were they ever a legit news organization?

[MindsEye_Watering]

Up next: This So-Called president and republicans tell all of America to sit down and shut up.

[MindsEye_Watering]

In a brief statement defending the move, administration spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the White House “had the pool there so everyone would be represented and get an update from us today.”
The pool usually includes a representative from one television network and one print outlet. In this case, four of the five major television networks – NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox News – were invited and attended the meeting, while only CNN was blocked.

NBC, ABC and CBS needs to shake this issue like a dog with a bone and never let up. The pressure from these networks need to be relentless.

[Procrustus]

@MindsEye_Watering

NBC, ABC and CBS needs to shake this issue like a dog with a bone and never let up. The pressure from these networks need to be relentless.

If they want to bother Trump, just stop all coverage of him.

[MindsEye_Watering]

@Procrustus

If they want to bother Trump, just stop all coverage of him.

That was my first thought, but then America’s info will largely only come from the REAL fake news sites.

[Euphonious_Polemic]

@Procrustus

If they want to bother Trump, just stop all coverage of him.

The only coverage, day after day, from all of the media should be:

“Today in Washington, Donald Trump again said a bunch of stupid things, and his Republican colleagues in the House let him get away with it. And now for the weather.”

[Rick_Kitchen]

70 year old, white, Australian children’s book author Mem Fox was held and interrogated in US customs for two hours because of an alleged invalid visa, which turned out not to be the case.

She says she will never travel to the United States again.

[Lightnin]

@Okrahoma

2009: "We’re going to treat them [Fox News] the way we would treat an opponent,” said Anita Dunn, the White House communications director, in a telephone interview on Sunday. “As they are undertaking a war against Barack Obama and the White House, we don’t need to pretend that this is the way that legitimate news organizations behave.”

And yet Fox News was never banned.