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OUR TONE IS NOT CHANGING! WH Press Secretary Jen Psaki cuts the legs from a disingenuous reporter

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OUR TONE IS NOT CHANGING! WH Press Secretary Jen Psaki cuts the legs from a disingenuous reporter

Egberto Willies April 2, 2021

A reporter attempted to castigate the Biden Administration about their tone in criticizing the Georgia voter suppression...

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Conservative columnist excoriates the irresponsibility of the MSM at the Biden Press Conference

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Conservative columnist excoriates the irresponsibility of the MSM at the Biden Press Conference

Egberto Willies March 26, 2021

I was never a fan of Washington Post Conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin. But she nailed the Biden...

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Reporter's attempt to corner WH Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Biden's bipartisanship fails miserably

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Reporter's attempt to corner WH Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Biden's bipartisanship fails miserably

Egberto Willies March 24, 2021

The mainstream media as usual allows the Right to dictate the narrative. Jen Psaki dispatched this reporter...

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Meet The Press discusses anti-Asian violence without any invisible model minority… ground Chuck

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Meet The Press discusses anti-Asian violence without any invisible model minority… ground Chuck

annieli March 22, 2021

So much thick-headed media activity this past week. OTOH Chuck Todd panders to the center again, or...

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WH Press Secretary Jen Psaki dispatches reporter: I am glad you're focused on the important business

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WH Press Secretary Jen Psaki dispatches reporter: I am glad you're focused on the important business

Egberto Willies March 12, 2021

One must admire how WH Press Secretary dispatches childish and moronic questions from some reporters. This one...

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'How long since Biden had a press conference?' vs. 'How long since Trump tried to kill democracy?'

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'How long since Biden had a press conference?' vs. 'How long since Trump tried to kill democracy?'

Aldous Pennyfarthing March 10, 2021

I’m actually somewhat encouraged by Republicans’ latest attempt to gin up a Joe Biden scandal, because if...

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WH Press Sec. Jen Psaki throws the bipartisanship question back at Republicans. You are the outliers

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WH Press Sec. Jen Psaki throws the bipartisanship question back at Republicans. You are the outliers

Egberto Willies March 5, 2021

WH Press Secretary Jen Psaki strikes again. She takes a question meant to hit Biden on bipartisanship...

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Texas electric grid failure proves GOP policy failures. W.H. Press Secretary Jen Psaki shines

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Texas electric grid failure proves GOP policy failures. W.H. Press Secretary Jen Psaki shines

Egberto Willies February 16, 2021

The pompous Texas Republican Party must account for the Texas Power Grid failure. W.H. Press Secretary Jen...

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W.H. Press Secretary Jen Psaki turns the table on reporter's question on working with Republicans

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W.H. Press Secretary Jen Psaki turns the table on reporter's question on working with Republicans

Egberto Willies February 16, 2021

W.H. Press Secretary Jen Psaki turns the table on reporter’s question on working with Republicans. Sadly, the...

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Press Secretary Jen Psaki embarrasses precocious Fox News' Peter Doocy on silly green jobs question

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Press Secretary Jen Psaki embarrasses precocious Fox News' Peter Doocy on silly green jobs question

Egberto Willies February 8, 2021

There is nothing like a prepared press secretary like Jen Psaki, who allows Fox News’  precocious reporter...

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Seven ways to restore our press freedoms before we end up with another Republican dictator

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Seven ways to restore our press freedoms before we end up with another Republican dictator

SemDem February 6, 2021

Donald Trump’s time in office was defined by death, destruction, disarray, and multiple attacks on democracy. Yet...

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Pelosi is a BOSS! Press release owns McCarthy, refers to him as (Q-CA)

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Pelosi is a BOSS! Press release owns McCarthy, refers to him as (Q-CA)

SemDem February 3, 2021

The GOP members of the House are livid with McCarthy for not removing Greene—not because they have...

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Community Live Bloggers. First Press Briefing of the Biden Administration.

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Community Live Bloggers. First Press Briefing of the Biden Administration.

annieli January 21, 2021

There’s actually a White House press briefing at 7pm ET. Just in case you’re watching it live....

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The Orange One's Press Release on the Cyberattack

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The Orange One's Press Release on the Cyberattack

LaFeminista December 18, 2020

AP Reports The President yesterday spoke with President Putin ~The President said that he had talked with...

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“If Trump thinks his best case is made in urine he can have at it….” Trump flees press questions

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“If Trump thinks his best case is made in urine he can have at it….” Trump flees press questions

annieli September 28, 2020

Hooowee it’s a big news day today. Trump fled questions, if only from the counterintelligence question that...

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Jose Williams on March on Washington, Trump called out by Biden, Press slams Trump

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Jose Williams on March on Washington, Trump called out by Biden, Press slams Trump

Egberto Willies August 31, 2020

Trump thinks the Law and Order message will sell, but the failure is in his America. Former...

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Chuck Todd mercilessly slams Trump before COVID press conference

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Chuck Todd mercilessly slams Trump before COVID press conference

Egberto Willies July 22, 2020

One knows a president has lost all respect and credibility when his press conference is prefaced by...

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Reporter asks press sec: If it's safe to go back to school, why couldn't Manafort stay in prison?

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Reporter asks press sec: If it's safe to go back to school, why couldn't Manafort stay in prison?

Aldous Pennyfarthing July 9, 2020

Because he’s the angel of death, Donald Trump is pressuring schools to reopen in the face of the...

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Trump did another campaign speech that wasn't a press conference because he took no questions

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Trump did another campaign speech that wasn't a press conference because he took no questions

annieli June 16, 2020

More Trump lies and spin, and again he took no questions because it’s a pageant. It had...

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Ali Velshi on what is happening to the Press

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Ali Velshi on what is happening to the Press

teacherken June 7, 2020

The following is a Thread Reader unroll of a 13-tweet thread by Velshi, who is becoming one...

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WTF is wrong with the White House press corps?

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WTF is wrong with the White House press corps?

RETIII June 5, 2020

On the one hand, this is a bizarre, inexplicable story.  On the other hand, it is probably...

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So now Russia is trolling us over press freedom and human rights

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So now Russia is trolling us over press freedom and human rights

Aldous Pennyfarthing June 1, 2020

Granted, Russia coming to the defense of journalists is a little like Arby’s Twitter account writing a...

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Child president storms away from press conference after he's challenged by two women reporters

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Child president storms away from press conference after he's challenged by two women reporters

Aldous Pennyfarthing May 11, 2020

So this was fun. Today, after a press conference where an “America Leads the World in Testing”...

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Joe Biden Slams Dictator Trump's War Against The Press On World Press Freedom Day

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Joe Biden Slams Dictator Trump's War Against The Press On World Press Freedom Day

Sam Sero May 3, 2020

Damn straight: Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden accused President Trump of “all-out assault on the media” during World Freedom Press Freedom...

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Chuck Todd’s Meet The Press opening highlighted Trump’s total COVID-19 failure

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Chuck Todd’s Meet The Press opening highlighted Trump’s total COVID-19 failure

Egberto Willies April 27, 2020

Chuck Todd used his Meet The Press opening to show the dire straits our country is in...

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LIVE BLOG: COVID Task Force Press Briefing for Trump's latest Trick Bag disinformation

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LIVE BLOG: COVID Task Force Press Briefing for Trump's latest Trick Bag disinformation

annieli April 20, 2020

Live Blog below  5:00* PM EDT (*now announced for 530pm) Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold...

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LIVE BLOG: COVID Task Force Press Briefing for Trump's latest Trick Bag because “flu ended WWI”

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LIVE BLOG: COVID Task Force Press Briefing for Trump's latest Trick Bag because “flu ended WWI”

annieli April 20, 2020

Live Blog below — Who knew the flu ended World War I and had it on their bingo card?...

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Trump's drag story time in the toilet of the Brady Press Briefing Room because anti-body Boogaloo

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Trump's drag story time in the toilet of the Brady Press Briefing Room because anti-body Boogaloo

annieli April 19, 2020

2016 remains the touchstone for the 2020 anti-government antics, and Trump is King Boogaloo of the Ventilators. The...

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Live Blog: COVID Taskforce Briefing, “the ratings for the WH Press Briefings are 'through the roof'”

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Live Blog: COVID Taskforce Briefing, “the ratings for the WH Press Briefings are 'through the roof'”

annieli April 9, 2020

Live Blog below (Trump rarely starts on time, today it has been announced to begin at 6pm...

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Press Release: The Sanders Campaigns Changed American Politics, Establishing the Progressive Agenda for the 21st Century

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Press Release: The Sanders Campaigns Changed American Politics, Establishing the Progressive Agenda for the 21st Century

April 8, 2020

Press Release: The Sanders Campaigns Changed American Politics, Establishing the Progressive Agenda for the 21st Century Contacts:...

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Press Release: Progressive Democrats of America Calls on Bernie Sanders to Stay in the Race

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Press Release: Progressive Democrats of America Calls on Bernie Sanders to Stay in the Race

April 7, 2020

Press Release: Progressive Democrats of America Calls on Bernie Sanders to Stay in the Race Contacts: Alan...

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Chuck Todd excoriates Trump at the opening of Meet The Press on COVID-19 pandemic response.

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Chuck Todd excoriates Trump at the opening of Meet The Press on COVID-19 pandemic response.

Egberto Willies April 5, 2020

Chuck Todd did not pull any punches as he chronologically excoriated the President at the opening of Meet...

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Live Blog: Trump COVID press conference / “we’re not traffic cops, we’re humanitarian cops”

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Live Blog: Trump COVID press conference / “we’re not traffic cops, we’re humanitarian cops”

annieli April 3, 2020

Live Blog below. 5:00 PM EDT Members of the Coronavirus Task Force Hold a Press Briefing x [Donald...

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Watch how Trump press conference serving to prop up an exploitative corporate sector

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Watch how Trump press conference serving to prop up an exploitative corporate sector

Egberto Willies March 31, 2020

The plutocracy understands that their failure is precipitating their demise. The Trump admin is using his press...

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Pod Save America's Jon Favreau & PCCC To Demand Networks Stop Airing Trump's Press Conferences

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Pod Save America's Jon Favreau & PCCC To Demand Networks Stop Airing Trump's Press Conferences

Sam Sero March 30, 2020

Received this e-mail today from Pod Save America’s Jon Favreau on behalf of the Progressive Congressional Campaign...

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Trump's daily coronavirus press conference devolves into a Christian My Pillow commercial

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Trump's daily coronavirus press conference devolves into a Christian My Pillow commercial

Aldous Pennyfarthing March 30, 2020

I only wish I were kidding (second tweet): x The My Pillow guy Mike Lindell says this:...

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MSNBC expert exposes Trump coronavirus press conference misinformation

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MSNBC expert exposes Trump coronavirus press conference misinformation

Egberto Willies March 18, 2020

MSNBC Science Contributor Joseph Fair, Ph.D., MPH refuted the Trump administration characterization of the WHO coronavirus test....

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The actual president of the United States is jealous of a dog's positive press

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The actual president of the United States is jealous of a dog's positive press

Aldous Pennyfarthing February 20, 2020

How insecure do you have to be to get jealous of a dog’s news clippings? Well, exactly...

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I've started a new media newsletter, Press Run, to help hold the press accountable

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I've started a new media newsletter, Press Run, to help hold the press accountable

EricBoehlert February 6, 2020

Because now more than ever. Press Run is my proudly progressive dissection of the political press. And...

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Stephen King, Don Winslow offer Trump's press secretary $200,000 to do her job

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Stephen King, Don Winslow offer Trump's press secretary $200,000 to do her job

Aldous Pennyfarthing January 14, 2020

Don Winslow is the best-selling author of 21 novels. And, of course, you know Stephen King as the...

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Trump's press flak proves again that he's an idiot: Hogan “Hero” Gidley

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Trump's press flak proves again that he's an idiot: Hogan “Hero” Gidley

annieli January 10, 2020

As Trump now claims there were four rather than one embassy under imminent attack, the Trump press...

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2019, the year the press tried—and failed—to stand up to Trump

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2019, the year the press tried—and failed—to stand up to Trump

EricBoehlert December 31, 2019

With Donald Trump becoming the first American president to be impeached in his first term, while holed...

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Impeachment has been a messaging disaster for the White House. Why won't the press say so?

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Impeachment has been a messaging disaster for the White House. Why won't the press say so?

EricBoehlert December 22, 2019

The impeachment of Donald Trump was always going to be a messaging war, and on paper it...

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Media fail: The press keeps covering impeachment through the eyes of the Republican Party

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Media fail: The press keeps covering impeachment through the eyes of the Republican Party

EricBoehlert December 18, 2019

The political press corps may have hit peak impeachment failure on Sunday when Meet the Press host...

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The press doesn't have—or won't use—the proper language to describe today's radical Republican Party

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The press doesn't have—or won't use—the proper language to describe today's radical Republican Party

EricBoehlert December 8, 2019

Extreme times call for extreme measures, but the Beltway press just isn't willing to make that move...

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Half of America wants Trump removed from office. Why does the press keep shrugging that off?

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Half of America wants Trump removed from office. Why does the press keep shrugging that off?

EricBoehlert December 2, 2019

With the House Judiciary Committee poised to take up the impeachment baton and hold a new round...

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Why is the press so obsessed with what Wall Street and billionaires think of Elizabeth Warren?

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Why is the press so obsessed with what Wall Street and billionaires think of Elizabeth Warren?

EricBoehlert November 27, 2019

It turns out the media's obsession with the superrich isn't confined to the world of celebrity and...

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Here we go again: Campaign press ignoring Democratic policy

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Here we go again: Campaign press ignoring Democratic policy

EricBoehlert November 25, 2019

There's been a complete transformation in how the campaign press covers elections in the last decade, and...

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Trump's reelection campaign spreads lies online—and the press touts it as savvy

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Trump's reelection campaign spreads lies online—and the press touts it as savvy

EricBoehlert November 4, 2019

Campaign Action It’s gone from bad to worse: After spending years refusing to call Donald Trump a liar,...

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The GOP's 'process' attacks on impeachment are a joke—and the press should say so

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The GOP's 'process' attacks on impeachment are a joke—and the press should say so

EricBoehlert October 29, 2019

Nancy Pelosi called the GOP's impeachment bluff this week, and in doing so she completely undercut the...

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