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This message was self-deleted by its author sfwriter May 2019 #1
It's not a joke, the first thing dictators do is shut down the free press sop May 2019 #28
Ditto on the above list. Refusing to publish lies leaves more room for the truth. DemocracyMouse May 2019 #56
The first thing they do is secure the backing of the banksters, the wealthy elite yaesu May 2019 #63
Perfect I wish they would do this coeur_de_lion May 2019 #65
Absolutely. The only thing is to be the bearer of truths. dmr May 2019 #66
Actually DENVERPOPS May 2019 #99
Yes, damnit! You are 100% correct. This is an opportunity DemocracyMouse May 2019 #112
americans need offense and can destroy RW radio easily now with artificial intelligence-enhanced certainot May 2019 #120
--dump the "access journalism" model shanny May 2019 #127
I'm afraid you are right. Left-over May 2019 #41
Well, if thats the case, we end it Nov 2020. oldsoftie May 2019 #45
Yeah...let's kick rocks around until Nov 2020. What could go wrong? Chin music May 2019 #86
No, i'm not going to waste my time. My vote will do the lifting. oldsoftie May 2019 #101
Yawn. Chin music May 2019 #103
Well, the Womens March was the day after the inauguration, so yeah. Since day one. oldsoftie May 2019 #108
I'm not going to argue w you. Chin music May 2019 #110
Someone could set up bleachers in Lafayette Park and all along Pennsylvania Avenue sop May 2019 #95
The vision of that is absolutely hilarious oldsoftie May 2019 #102
I am picturing him being hauled out by the hair and can't stop grinning... (n/t) Moostache May 2019 #105
With a loaded diaper oldsoftie May 2019 #106
Yep. We're about to find out how close to a dictatorship we've become. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #52
We've been on that road for a while now... Still In Wisconsin May 2019 #124
Wait, what? nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2019 #2
Ditto! Wawannabe May 2019 #107
"They all serve at the pleasure of press secretary Sarah Sanders" dalton99a May 2019 #3
Sarah Sanders. SergeStorms May 2019 #113
Why has Sarah Sanders been relegated to the White House driveway? thecrow May 2019 #130
If the media didnt become a lapdog for trumpy this may not have happened Fullduplexxx May 2019 #4
+1000 AJT May 2019 #11
Yeah, I wonder if the media are re-thinking their behavior gratuitous May 2019 #12
+1 Chin music May 2019 #104
The media's owners are making plenty of money FiveGoodMen May 2019 #122
Of all the press outlets out there, I think that WaPo has some of the cleanest hands Maven May 2019 #17
They certainly do. I have never subscribed to a national newspaper before, but I proudly do WAPO hlthe2b May 2019 #32
As do I shanti May 2019 #43
Same here. Maven May 2019 #69
Exactly. The media deserves some of the blame here due to their fawning over him in 2016. LonePirate May 2019 #27
+1, 60% of Clinton press was about emails or some shit uponit7771 May 2019 #48
So we deserved it. jayschool2013 May 2019 #70
To be blunt this is bullshit Alpeduez21 May 2019 #71
I agree with you. We tend to unload on the media because we are being manipulated erronis May 2019 #79
The media cnn msnbc etc gave him 2 billion in free tv time they had a big hand Fullduplexxx May 2019 #94
Lol omg ... that's funny well the truth is the media was a total whore for trump they gave him Fullduplexxx May 2019 #93
Yikes frazzled May 2019 #5
Um, who didn't see this cilla4progress May 2019 #6
Fucking Nazis. n/t rzemanfl May 2019 #7
This is very scary. Ohiogal May 2019 #8
not to be funny or sarcastic bdamomma May 2019 #9
Yep. MissB May 2019 #15
I live full time in a motorhome. I'm applying for a passport and heading SammyWinstonJack May 2019 #21
If it comes to bdamomma May 2019 #38
I know I can't stay forever. Will have check on how long I'm allowed to stay SammyWinstonJack May 2019 #98
I did. Lifelong Protester May 2019 #58
Another law suit. Glimmer of Hope May 2019 #10
VOTE THEM OUT!! We won't survive as a country otherwise. nolabear May 2019 #13
IF there is even an election, which I 99% now seriously doubt.. trump will just take another term.. pangaia May 2019 #51
That would be good to focus on, were it not for the Russians in the works - AGAIN. calimary May 2019 #115
What if they gave a press avail and nobody came? The only trouble with at fantasy is ... Hekate May 2019 #14
We all saw this coming, didn't we. BigmanPigman May 2019 #16
We are at war people. Ligyron May 2019 #18
Yes we are. sellitman May 2019 #100
And they prefer to show his empty podium to showing his opponent. world wide wally May 2019 #19
This as a horrid and unAmerican act by the White House. PufPuf23 May 2019 #20
Where are the lawsuits? HipChick May 2019 #22
Over what? Freedom of press does not confer access to the white house tymorial May 2019 #31
It does if access is denied based on viewpoint. SunSeeker May 2019 #35
Shutting down access isn't shutting down publication tymorial May 2019 #53
Shutting down publication is not the only way to violate the First Amendment. SunSeeker May 2019 #96
I think this was the basis of Acosta's lawsuit and he won. Glimmer of Hope May 2019 #55
They're going to try for a dictatorship. They will fail! defacto7 May 2019 #23
I hope they fail... Still In Wisconsin May 2019 #126
I think the majority of that 40% are either delusional defacto7 May 2019 #128
I think you hit it on the head: they want something and are not aware that the something they want Still In Wisconsin May 2019 #132
I like to look at it as more evidence of the tRump train crash and burn. docgee May 2019 #24
Unbelievable. Buckle up. This could get rough. nt Jarqui May 2019 #25
The rest of the press should leave in solidarity. progressoid May 2019 #26
Definitely! H2O Man May 2019 #30
They won't. tymorial May 2019 #34
Yep. Every story is BREAKING NEWS! progressoid May 2019 #37
That COULD happen. We'll know soon if its going to. oldsoftie May 2019 #46
When's the revolution? Doremus May 2019 #29
I think they forced journalists to do what they should have done long ago -- boycott pdsimdars May 2019 #33
Haven't seen anyone else in the media running the story yet Jarqui May 2019 #36
Please proceed assholes. Nt BootinUp May 2019 #39
Shutting bdamomma May 2019 #40
Are we there yet? Ferrets are Cool May 2019 #42
Oooh lemme guess durablend May 2019 #44
Ordered by Pooty Poot shanti May 2019 #47
They're having trouble keeping their lies straight lunatica May 2019 #49
Under the circumstances it would have been even more insulting Mme. Defarge May 2019 #50
"Neues Deutschland" comes to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. DFW May 2019 #54
Horrible! It's been 811 days since he had a press Laura PourMeADrink May 2019 #57
Fascism on the march... dhill926 May 2019 #59
Corporate media can contest this. Iliyah May 2019 #60
i think they can sue and win. barbtries May 2019 #61
That's their plan. SergeStorms May 2019 #114
yep. barbtries May 2019 #116
I think from here on out... dchill May 2019 #62
It certainly seems like it is . . . Iliyah May 2019 #67
K&R Solly Mack May 2019 #64
For the short term Dana Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2019 #68
Then, it would seem Turbineguy May 2019 #72
He Miles Archer May 2019 #74
Sorry. Turbineguy May 2019 #75
"you are an extremely rude person!" They_Live May 2019 #73
But the media/journalists still line up to "ask questions" of this white house. BOYCOTT damn it. iluvtennis May 2019 #76
Criminals that don't want to talk in front of a camera kyburbonkid May 2019 #77
all media need to respond duforsure May 2019 #78
+++ agree iluvtennis May 2019 #81
Media should act in unison RVN VET71 May 2019 #125
And look what they had the unmitigated gall to state at the White House today-- k8conant May 2019 #80
There is no God Martin Eden May 2019 #90
Guess we're going to Iran think4yourself May 2019 #82
How to identify a sociopath struggle4progress May 2019 #83
Breaking norms I had never even considered as being norms Politicub May 2019 #84
Hey everybody, warmfeet May 2019 #85
Trump can't live without media attention DeminPennswoods May 2019 #87
The media won't do shit! moonseller66 May 2019 #88
The white house is bunkering down against the Press and Citizens leanforward May 2019 #89
Seems like First Amendment violations should be included in articles of impeachment... Fiendish Thingy May 2019 #91
"People's Bill Of Rights For White House Transparency" .. Grasswire2 May 2019 #92
Are teh exceptions all Fox "reporters"? Amaryllis May 2019 #97
Cockroaches don't like sunlight. spanone May 2019 #109
Who are the other journalists? misanthrope May 2019 #111
The press is complicit. They would all walk out and not support his little speeches Demsrule86 May 2019 #117
Exactly, the one thing DT hates is to be ignored Dorn May 2019 #118
This is what they should do. Demsrule86 May 2019 #131
First they came for the journalists tiredtoo May 2019 #119
So will they start doing their jobs now? wryter2000 May 2019 #121
Greenwald and Snowden were unavailable for comment Blue_Tires May 2019 #123
Mayne it's lsewpershad May 2019 #129
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