36 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Ah, sorry. 

No problem. I figure nobody pays attention to me anyway.

8 minutes ago, JaneAusten said:

Me I am waiting for the Russians to start releasing some of the information they have on the Trump contingent because that's coming at some point. They'll try and deflect attention away from themselves by doing that IMO.

Me too.  I've been waiting for this since Reince Preibus bragged about how much better the RNC was at security.  When he and others were quick to criticize the Democrats for not having a safe system, I was 100% certain that their smugness would come back to bite them all.  Using Wikileaks would be poetic justice for them since they were against it and then for it when it hurt the Democrats.  I just wonder whether they will ever release the video they supposedly have of Trump.  I am sure he would resign before he would let that get out.

WH officials block CNN and other news outlets from WH briefing. 

Edited February 24, 20178 yr by Roman

29 minutes ago, Roman said:

WH officials block CNN and other news outlets from WH briefing. 

 

Grrr.  And from the article..."reporters "shouldn't be allowed" to use unnamed sources." from Trump @ cpac

 

Just when you think it can't get worse, it somehow does.

NYT, Politico, LA Times and CNN all blocked. In response, the Associated Press and Time walked out of the briefing.

Fascism is alive and well in Trumpland.

4 minutes ago, Vee said:

NYT, Politico, LA Times and CNN all blocked. In response, the Associated Press and Time walked out of the briefing.

How long before Trumpelthinskin declares them "fake news"...

2 minutes ago, dragonflies said:

How long before Trumpelthinskin declares them "fake news"...

He already has.

11 hours ago, DRW50 said:

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/richard-spencer-kicked-out-cpac-2017-235311

 

There's something morbidly interesting about seeing CPAC belatedly take out the trash - after being forced to do so by other conservatives. It makes me think that this wing of the GOP will regroup and ultimately push out Miller and Bannon as well, somehow. The only question is if it will be too late to stop us from going over the cliff. 

 

(I should say I'm not trying to praise these people as moderate or principled...they're scum. But they are scum with survival instincts. Frankly it's something that the endless pissing contest over the DNC chair makes me wonder if we'll ever have on the left) 

 

In other news, this makes me feel sick to my stomach:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/23/north-carolina-islamophobia-muslims-threats

Jones’s presentation was repeatedly interrupted by comments about killing Muslims from Frank del Valle, a staunchly anticommunist Cuban immigrant, with little or no pushback from the others in the room.

“Can we not kill them all?” Del Valle asked, about 15 minutes into the presentation, during a discussion about the differences between the Sunni and Shia sects of Islam.

 

Since Trump was elected I've been worried that various groups would join the white supremacists in scapegoating Muslims, so this story is pretty horrifying to me. I guess we should just be thankful that 45 wasn't President during 9/11. W screwed a lot of things up, but I think he quelled the Muslim hate instead of leading the charge. 

45 minutes ago, Roman said:

WH officials block CNN and other news outlets from WH briefing. 

 

Honestly those briefings are just theater now anyway. Spicer stands up there and lies. 

GOP reps fear they no longer have the votes or spine to repeal Obamacare following town halls.

I don't think they do either, they got a bigger backlash than they expected IMO

 

I can't remember who it was, but yesterday someone posted an article on Facebook that one politician said he firmly believes ACA isn't going anywhere

I think it was Boehner who came out and said so.

1 minute ago, Vee said:

I think it was Boehner who came out and said so.

Yeah I think that's who it was

44 minutes ago, Vee said:

NYT, Politico, LA Times and CNN all blocked. In response, the Associated Press and Time walked out of the briefing.

 

I read BBC was blocked as well!

Now trending:

 

 

FLASHBACK: @seanspicer in Dec. says Trump WH won't ban specific media outlets. "That's what makes a democracy a democracy vs a dictatorship" pic.twitter.com/qYd6xE4IwN

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) February 24, 2017