Trump instructs federal agencies to cancel Washington Post and New York Times subscriptions

[trof]

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Source: SFGATE

"The Trump administration plans to cancel subscriptions to The Washington Post and the New York Times held by federal agencies, the latest sign of presidential displeasure with news coverage he deems unfair.

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham told the Wall Street Journal that the White House would instruct agencies not to renew their subscriptions to the papers when they come up.

She characterized the decision as a cost-saving measure, telling the Journal that "hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars will be saved" by the cancellations."



Read more: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Trump-instructs-federal-agencies-to-cancel-14560326.php

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[Maxheader]

1. ahahahahah!!

Thats like the people that use the ignore button...cuz theys gotten theys feelings hurt...
and you know what?

They still peek....

[sakabatou]

2. And they say we're snowflakes.

[trof]

4. He is SUCH a child.

It's the equivalent of plugging his tiny fingers into his ears and yelling NA-NA-NA-NA-NA I DON'T HEAR YOU.

[Red Mountain]

3. What a loser

How much would be saved by cutting off all news?

[trof]

5. Oh jeez! "Hundreds of thousands of TAXPAYER dollars."

At least.
Drop, meet Atlantic Ocean.

[Ftrump]

10. If I heard correctly this morning on Morning Joe, the papers are provided free of charge to federal

agencies. So, he's not saving tax payers anything, and we are only that much more stupid for having listened (read) to his bullshit on the matter

[trof]

7. Hey Red...

B'ham?
Just wondered.

[McCamy Taylor]

6. That is like cancelling subscriptions to Wall Street and the Pentagon.

[kimbutgar]

8. What a petty childish act that makes him look like a spoiled brat!

[doc03]

9. Wouldn't that be called a violation of the 1st Amendment?

[Enoki33]

11. Guess he's trying to control the flow of informed truth. That is what dictatorships do.

[William Seger]

13. It's petty vindictiveness; he wants to hurt them financially

[truthisfreedom]

12. Stop the truth! Stop the news!

It won’t work. People get their news on the internet.

[JudyM]

14. Locking.

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