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Posted By: sagman, 4/26/2020 9:00:19 PM

President Trump seems increasingly ambivalent about the utility of the daily and sometime marathon press conferences. He should be — and for reasons besides just their length and frequency. First, Trump gets bogged down into long, back-and-forth jousts with the touché Washington press corps. His impromptu skills, honed both as president and in his years on television, usually ensure him tactical victories. He is not peremptory but retaliatory in his put-downs. Fine. Most Americans don’t especially like the Washington press corps. So they don’t mind them earning the repartee that their rude provocation deserves. But Trump’s victories are becoming Pyrrhic.

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Hanson makes sense. Hanson always makes sense.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: sanspeur 4/26/2020 9:06:32 PM (No. 392608)
these were originally set as “briefings” . Not pressers . The format is now too static and wasteful of his time . Only do as needed for changing events . press will “improvise “ anyway .
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Daria 4/26/2020 9:43:55 PM (No. 392624)
If President Trump reads one thing this weekend, I hope he reads this and takes it to heart. VDH has given him excellent advice.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: acesfull 4/26/2020 9:45:54 PM (No. 392628)
I would especially like the questions asked ‘via Skype’ to come from the heartland and maybe even an everyday citizen.What we need more than ever is to get back to our new normal and regain our freedoms. We need hope. I’d love to see POTUS on April 30 from the Oval Office target Memorial Day weekend for an opening and tell the businesses big and small to begin the month of preparation now. He’d say, “thank you for your patience but now it’s time for Americans to step forward and go back to work and to our lives. In four weeks, just one more month we’re gonna be back open and we’re gonna all act safely and think smart.I’ve got your back . It’s time.” , The day after that speech the momentum will build and we’ll get our country going again.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 4/26/2020 9:49:43 PM (No. 392630)
Pretty soon we'll be back to our regular lives and won't have the patience for a lot of snarking as the relevant content gets thinner and our lives get busier. Those sad "journalists" will just have to watch the economy recover, all with a gnashing of teeth and wailing which we'll ignore.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Omen55 4/26/2020 9:54:44 PM (No. 392634)
VDH is worth every minute of reading time. Imagine if demedia were like him?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: The Remnants 4/26/2020 10:32:47 PM (No. 392653)
Yes, I hope the President continues his briefings, and I hope he uses all of Dr. Hanson's advice, especially having people from all over the country skype their questions and opinions to the President,. He could then break the mold of the three "experts", Brix, Redfield and Fauci, and perhaps have the two emergency room doctors from California present who were in a video posted here today and explained that it does more harm than good for healthy people to stay in place because they are weakening their immune systems by effectively living in a bubble. We need scientists who are telling us there is a better way and light at the end of the tunnel. Effectively, people whose only agenda is to do what is best to bring the country back to life. And, I agree with Dr. Hanson that it should be more structured - time-wise. And skip the press altogether; their agenda has nothing to do with bringing the country back to life.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: cThree 4/26/2020 10:41:16 PM (No. 392655)
Reading VDH is never a waste of time. The older I get, the higher a compliment that is.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: stablemoney 4/26/2020 11:16:11 PM (No. 392667)
I am glad Trump doesn't listen to those that would give him advice. If he did, Trump would still be in NY building things.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Connor 4/26/2020 11:16:59 PM (No. 392668)
Brilliant as usual. I normally love to watch Trump spar with the media, but now is not a good time. It is making my stomach hurt.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Johann 4/26/2020 11:55:30 PM (No. 392681)
It is sad to see Trump showing the world what an idiot he can be. I want him to be reelected because the Dems are a crazy lot especially with Pelosi and Schumer around if the Dems take everything. Trump loves to hog the mike but he'll run out of things to say or worth saying. He wants to show he is in charge but he does not know enough of everything. I blame the people who are supposed to help him. They are simply too timid to tell him that, at certain times, he should hunker down and keep his "China, China" mouth shut. Concentrate on whacking Biden. If Biden wins, America will have a president who cannot remember where he is and was wrong on every foreign policy issue according to Robert Gates, the Defense Secretary under the Obama Administration.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Sandpiper 4/27/2020 12:10:46 AM (No. 392690)
From VDH’s lips to Trump’s ear - I hope someone at the Whitehouse reads this article and gives it to Pres. Trump. Good advice here.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: smcchk 4/27/2020 12:14:25 AM (No. 392691)
The WH press corps is just a mean girl high school clique. You can never win against them; you can never shake their smug superiority and disdain. President Trump thought he could but it is time to move on. As we all find out, there are many more people out there worth impressing.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: doublesharp 4/27/2020 12:19:14 AM (No. 392695)
familiarity breeds contempt. don't lower yourself to the press's level.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: bighambone 4/27/2020 1:24:35 AM (No. 392739)
The liberal reporters who think of themselves as White House “elites”, who attend the briefings are engaged in a very extreme politicized nitpicking game against President Trump. As an experienced counterpuncher it should not be hard for Trump to make those “elite” reporters irrelevant, by edging them out of the picture by favoring media reporters from outside the DC beltway and throughout the country when it comes to question time.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Flyball Dogs 4/27/2020 1:33:49 AM (No. 392744)
A Must Read. X2 1) a post by sagman 2) an article by VDH, Must Must Read.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: ARKfamily 4/27/2020 5:56:19 AM (No. 392797)
#10, really don't appreciate the negative comments around here.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: Krause 4/27/2020 7:14:19 AM (No. 392847)
They should only let professional reporters in. I think good reporters don't want to be seen with the usual idiots that are there.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: janjan 4/27/2020 7:24:34 AM (No. 392856)
Why does Trump keep calling on Acosta and really anyone from CNN or NPR? Let them sit there and keep their mouths shut. I certainly would not hand them the mike so they can grandstand with their stupid disrespectful questions. And why argue with these elitist snobs? He is the President and they are not.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: TCloud 4/27/2020 7:49:49 AM (No. 392877)
Pandemic Covid-19 Virus plus an election year means the Press see these pressers as mini political rallies and they react accordingly because they know he can use his bully pulpit at will! Make em short but sweet Mr. President!
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Reply 20 - Posted by: edgar 4/27/2020 7:58:52 AM (No. 392889)
I especially like the idea to conference in reporters from fly over country to ask meaningful questions, bypassing the jackwagons in the press room with their 'gotcha' questions. Wonderful idea Mr Hanson. That would make the pressers more informational for those of us that watch.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: Patchy Groundfog 4/27/2020 7:59:09 AM (No. 392890)
I could probably find multiple links back but I have advocated 'democratization' of pressers for years. There is no reason for the corporate media oligopoly.
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Reply 22 - Posted by: rsgonner 4/27/2020 8:05:54 AM (No. 392905)
Absolutely spot on. The way to muzzle the press adolescents is starve them of their oxygen. Terrific idea to get REAL reporters from the heartland in instead of this gaggle of elitists from the self-admiration society.
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Reply 23 - Posted by: The Remnants 4/27/2020 8:10:14 AM (No. 392912)
Forgive second post, but we have to get out all the honest reporting we can about this virus. The article I referred to above is found on True Pundit - still up - and begins: "ER Doctors Urge A Reopening...". They've got all kinds of scientific data from which they read. One of the physicians said he is from Norway, and he read from a study that compared Norway, which was shut down, with Sweden where it was not. Very little differences - just slightly better results from Sweden. The doctors also said that we have to expect a certain amount of illnesses to present themselves when the shut-down is stopped, as most of us will need to get our immune systems up to speed again after removing ourselves from all the germs that are always around, which our immune systems defeat daily to make it stronger. This should be heavily emphasized, because we all know that the naysayers are just waiting with their "I told you so's". "Knowledge is power", someone once said.
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Reply 24 - Posted by: jacksin5 4/27/2020 8:10:36 AM (No. 392914)
At one time, the press would trade access to briefings in exchange for broadcast time for said briefings. This is no longer the case, The broadcasts are now just clips of snarky reporters getting in their "Gotcha" question of the day as a springboard for talking heads to disparage anything PDJT is doing, or in their lofty opinions, not doing. I've gotten in the habit of watching the briefing on C-Span, and when the presser starts, changing the channel. I can't afford to replace big-screen TV's due to idiots like Acosta.
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Reply 25 - Posted by: felixcat 4/27/2020 8:22:50 AM (No. 392941)
Trump has to stop treating these daily briefings as a substitute for his rallies. Stop with saying we are at war. The only war taking place is between tyrannical local and state governments and we the people. Foci and Birx do not need to be there - they have had their time in the sun. All they can reference is their models and what ifs. Get some real MDs who have actually treated patients like those two from California. And someone needs to say loud and clearly that states are counting almost every death as due to COVID-19 because it means more money for the state. I doubt many people are aware of this scam. I know Trump's instincts are to do what is best for this country and its citizens but every year we deal with some strain of flu, etc and everyday, people die of various illnesses. Stop treating us like babies. And yeah, we get it that the WH press idiots are just that, but it is such a waste of time.
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Reply 26 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 4/27/2020 8:23:31 AM (No. 392944)
Good suggestions by VDH. Revamping the format of the President's pressers as VDH describes would be very helpful.
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Reply 27 - Posted by: rushie 4/27/2020 8:34:29 AM (No. 392962)
#23 I saw that story on the ER doctors. I noticed that VDH suggested reporters from Bakersfield. I think that is where those ER Docs reported from. I wished at the time that Pres Trump would get those two on his press conference instead of Fauci and Birtz.
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Reply 28 - Posted by: ussjimmycarter 4/27/2020 8:39:59 AM (No. 392967)
POTUS has become part of the press and that is bad! I know he loved the ratings, but I tweeted 45 days ago that he was becoming over exposed! Be our Leader of the whole country on every aspect of the Federal Government! Let others handle the daily grind with MSM elitist twits! Hope he reads this and DOES IT! Where are his advisors? Good grief!
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Reply 29 - Posted by: Jebediah 4/27/2020 8:53:36 AM (No. 392975)
Hanson is the voice of reason and I hope Trump is listening.
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Reply 30 - Posted by: Delilah 4/27/2020 9:11:44 AM (No. 393002)
See Pres. Trump's tweet today for his decision to stop pressers. Maybe he took your advice? /s
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Reply 31 - Posted by: cor-vet 4/27/2020 9:17:02 AM (No. 393010)
At 1st, I watched the press conferences, but have pretty much been skipping them lately. I got tired of the constant gotcha questions, the interruptions when the President is trying to answer and the overtly rude treatment he receives. Asscosta is the most annoying of the bunch, but the females are trying their best to earn that title. Under no stretch of the imagination could you call them ladies. The idea of questions via Skype is fine, but do we really need questions? PDT could introduce different experts, like VHD proposed, let them have their 5 minutes and be done. And ditch the midget Dr. and the scarf lady. When someone works as hard as this President does, he doesn't need to spend valuable time on these pressers. He is great at choosing talented people, and delegating, so that's what he needs to do.
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Reply 32 - Posted by: JJ 4/27/2020 9:46:08 AM (No. 393044)
He doesn’t have to read this article. He hears these types of suggestions everyday and then goes out and continues doing it his way, like everything else Trump does.! It’s killing him in this case.
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Reply 33 - Posted by: EQKimball 4/27/2020 9:53:21 AM (No. 393060)
The only thing you can “win” in a press conference is the approval of a majority of the audience. It if you lose that, it is of no relevance that your supporters may argue to heir last breath that you were right or treated unfairly. The press will always be confrontational. They know he will punch back twice as hard. That is the whole idea. They are pushing his buttons, and he reacts. President Trump should not take the bait. He should be calm, be courteous and be gone. The people will rally to him.
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Reply 34 - Posted by: dman 4/27/2020 10:11:33 AM (No. 393086)
Amen. Simply, Amen!
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Reply 35 - Posted by: Arby 4/27/2020 10:16:34 AM (No. 393094)
The best advice, of course, is to take questions from reporters across the country, not just the self-satisfied dolts from Washington and New York.
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Reply 36 - Posted by: Saryden 4/27/2020 10:20:55 AM (No. 393099)
I am so tired of people giving President Trump advice... He is the one who stepped forward with his time, hard work, fortune, family life and health... to save the USA from Ozero's "fundamental change." For this octogenarian, he can do/say whatever he wants! He is a Patriot, an American Hero, and very human.
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Reply 37 - Posted by: Bazi 4/27/2020 10:58:15 AM (No. 393149)
NOT via Zoom. Everyone should ditch Zoom...and TikTok. Can you say China =security risk? Zoom has no end to end encryption. TikTok has been forbidden to be downloaded onto our government phones/devices. POTUS tweeted that he might not be doing the briefings anymore. I don't blame him but isn't that what the left wants... i.e. no POTUS Trump appearing every day and looking like a leader. The left wants POTUS off the world stage.
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Reply 38 - Posted by: starboard 4/27/2020 11:06:38 AM (No. 393164)
FTA: "What Americans want to learn from the government is increasingly not what the Washington press corps wishes to pry out from Donald Trump." Especially from the female stooges disrespectfully shouting out in the first row. VDH should be an advisor to the president.
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Reply 39 - Posted by: gone2pot 4/27/2020 11:14:37 AM (No. 393174)
Good suggestions by VDH but they wouldn't be necessary had we not over reacted to this virus. We did and now we're going to have to dig ourselves out of the disaster of the over reaction that is orders of magnitude times more fatal than the virus. The nation needs to reopen and do it fast sans lawyers drooling to sue all companies whose employees get the Chicom virus for going back to work (same for cities whose counsel lawyers are why there are ridiculous lockdowns and fines-they're doing it because of potential lawsuits against cities). Both coasts don't know this quite yet but here in flyover country, for the first time in history, we are slaughtering herd after herd after herd of cattle, hogs and chickens, right now because there are few places to process the meat. Oil is literally shutting down wells and the world is out of storage space. Cushing, Oklahoma is full, federal emergency declaration full. Oil tankers are anchored off the coasts worldwide. Twenty seven are anchored off the coast of Long Beach, CA alone because ALL ground based tanks are full. We just added 6.4 trillion dollars on top of our 4 trillion dollar spending for 2020 to throw money, not at the virus prevention or cure, but at the economy. The federal government always does so well with their genius knowledge of how free market capitalism works, right? I believe Trump is doing better than ALL 535 elected fidiots in Congress but faces the evil genius of the elected Marxists and MSM. NO ONE has threaded the evil needle like Trump and no one can but due to the evil, there's diminishing returns now and this nation needs to get the economy back up, put our heads down, understand the coming consequences and be the shining light on the hill for the rest of the world...or enter a new and VERY BAD and VERY long lasting situation.
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Reply 40 - Posted by: Philipsonh 4/27/2020 11:15:57 AM (No. 393176)
I like the press briefings, but mr Hanson is on point ; however, the President should only accept WRITTEN qustions and questions from reporters OUTSIDE the room by setting up an internet connection that other media can access. My son's company uses Microsoft Meetings , but there are many types of communications wherein OTHER media can ask questions. Many of the reporters in the room are USELESS, asking attack questions and othe questions that have ALREADY been answered multiple times.
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Reply 41 - Posted by: Red Ghost 4/27/2020 11:35:27 AM (No. 393193)
VDH, a true gem. But, Trump is Trump and he revels in mixing it up with the press. The Sarah Sanders briefings correctly were stopped because they all realized they were only a platform for the preening press as the briefings have now become. Thus the helicopter pad press conferences and that worked great. Kayleigh McEnany announced today that the briefings would continue but with a different format and hopefully they will work in some of VDH's suggestions. In addition to national security and justice officials, the White House desperately needs to get a health expert out there telling people it's okay to start getting back into society. Someone has to to try to tamp down the absolute fear and hysteria that has been created around this virus. Andrew Cuomo is out there saying the virus is death. It's not for most people and that message must get across. I don't think Fauci or the Scarf Queen will carry that message but someone MUST start doing this otherwise it won't matter a whit if things start to open up. People will not participate in the opening if they think they are going to die. And right now, most think they are going to die if they get this thing.
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Reply 42 - Posted by: qr4j 4/27/2020 11:43:13 AM (No. 393202)
I refuse to watch the news. I wash my hands. I wear that damned face covering (have the Muslims won in turning a male non-Muslim into a Muslim woman?). I wash my hands. I maintain social distancing guidelines. Did I say I wash my hands? The stats are the stats. I can't change them except to be personally responsible. The news media aren't trustworthy except you can trust them to slam Mr. Trump any chance they get or make up. The news media are liars, so why would I entertain their coverage? Screw em! I have petunias to plant.
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Reply 43 - Posted by: NotaBene 4/27/2020 12:00:18 PM (No. 393219)
So we lose a small battle with the Enemedia. Too many Marxists against Super Trump. But we got 50 days of the best use of the bully pulpit in our lifetimes. Americans that would never watch a rally got to know President Trump. We saw how one great man can govern with Federalism and bring in our fantastic private corporations. The WH Correspondents Association dug their own grave with their disrespectful impertinence. Many more Trump voters were gained by the exposure, right before Socialist-Democrats got their next Impeachment select committee going. Donate to Donaldjtrump.com to MAGA.
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Reply 44 - Posted by: Lawsy0 4/27/2020 12:11:01 PM (No. 393237)
Thanks, Dr. Hanson for the confirmation. What do you know 'bout that. I have been watching only the Trump portions and the Pence portion should there be one. On the state level, I have only watched my Governor and his Commissioner of Health. The rest I tune out. If it isn't Trump or Gov. Lee, I switch back to Cartoons.
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Reply 45 - Posted by: Citoyen 4/27/2020 12:15:09 PM (No. 393242)
I agree with #39. Had the country not overreacted and placed all its bets on the advice of experts who have time and time again been wrong we would all be living our lives, not normally, but certainly not hunkered down at home. The president, of course, is now stuck with the shutdown, caused in part by the administration's guidelines that led the governors to grind our country to a halt. Lucky for him that the experts, both political parties and 50 state governors demanded the lock down. Hanson is right and I think that President Trump has already begun moving the focus from the doom and gloom we've had shoved down our throats for two months to the hopeful and vital thrust to get back to normal and not some sort of NEW normal. If people don't get back to work within a few weeks and the nation keeps printing money the president will lose this November. End the defensive posture and go on the offensive.
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Reply 46 - Posted by: LesUNo 4/27/2020 3:26:02 PM (No. 393484)
Word from an ER doc.....very ill people are afraid to come to the emergency room for fear of becoming infected with Corona. As a result they are waiting far too long to seek help and many die unnecessarily. This irrational fear is Fauci and Birx and media driven.
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Joe and Jill Biden’s German Shepherds were shipped back to Delaware after a “biting incident” involving White House security, CNN reported.Major was adopted by Joe Biden and his handler wife Jill in 2018 from an animal shelter.Major and Champ moved into the White House in January and they’re already gone. The condition of the victim was not disclosed but it was serious enough to remove both dogs from the White House.CNN reported: The two German Shepherds belonging to President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden were returned to the Biden family home in Delaware last week
Pelosi’s HR1 bill a blatant power grab for Democrats 30 replies
Posted by FlyRight 3/8/2021 5:28:52 AM Post Reply
Nancy Pelosi’s top priority is to turn America into a one-party nation ruled by Democrats. Her bill HR 1 trashes the U.S. Constitution in an attempt to rig the system and make it virtually impossible to elect a Republican president or Congress again. It’s a power grab. The bill eviscerates state voting laws and forces all the states to conform to a set of rules that includes automatic voter registration. Anyone who goes to a DMV or applies for food stamps, Medicaid or other social services, or attends a public college will be automatically enrolled to vote. Noncitizens are obligated to identify themselves and opt out,
Biden seems to forget defense
secretary’s name, calls him
'the guy who runs that outfit'
29 replies
Posted by Ribicon 3/8/2021 8:37:17 PM Post Reply
President Biden on Monday seemed to forget Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s name at a White House event—calling the Pentagon chief “the guy who runs that outfit over there.” Biden was announcing the nomination of two female generals to lead US military combatant commands. “And I want to thank the sec—the, the, ah former general. I keep calling him general, but my, my—the guy who runs that outfit over there,” Biden said.(Snip) Earlier at the event, Biden mentioned the Defense Department leader by his name, “Secretary Austin,” while appearing to read from a teleprompter.
Oprah interview bombshells: Meghan claims
she was suicidal when she was five months
pregnant, Kate made HER cry and Royals
refused to make Archie a prince because
they were worried how 'dark' he would be
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Posted by Imright 3/8/2021 8:21:02 AM Post Reply
The Royal Family was left reeling this morning after Meghan Markle tearfully revealed that the stress of royal life made her suicidal when she was five months pregnant, claimed Archie was denied the title of prince because he is mixed-race and said Kate Middleton made her cry before she married Harry in a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey.The couple also chose to reveal that they are having a baby girl to the tens of millions of people watching the CBS show broadcast in the US before accusing the Royal Family of racism and revealing the deep rift 'Megxit' has caused with Prince Charles and Prince William.
Meghan Markle openly
accuses the Royals
of racism
26 replies
Posted by Magnante 3/8/2021 5:26:07 AM Post Reply
I’m probably second to none in my dislike for Meghan Markle. There’s something unattractive about a mature woman marrying into the British Royal family with one of the world’s most expensive weddings, hanging out with the Queen, living in insane luxury…and then whining non-stop about the horror of her life. There’s something even less appealing when that woman accuses the Royal family of race hatred. And the problem is that, when it comes to that left-wing diva, Meghan Markle, it’s hard to believe most of what she says. After weeks of hype, CBS finally televised Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah.
Watch: John Solomon Gives Stunning Update
in Durham’s ‘Russiagate’ Investigation
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Posted by Imright 3/8/2021 4:56:55 PM Post Reply
Without question, the vast majority of Americans who support former President Donald Trump were angry and frustrated throughout 2020 passed with barely a mention of then-U.S. Attorney John Durham’s criminal investigation into the FBI’s fraudulent “Russiagate” counterterrorism operation directed at his 2016 campaign.In the weeks before the November election, word got out that then-Attorney General William Barr wasn’t going to announce any indictments or even a report on Durham’s investigation because he did not want to influence the outcome.So far, in fact, the only indictment to come out of the Durham probe is that of former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith, who essentially got a slap on the wrist
Democrats renew calls to remove
J. Edgar Hoover's name from FBI building
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Posted by Ribicon 3/8/2021 2:56:29 PM Post Reply
Rep. Steve Cohen vowed to renew the push to remove former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s name from the bureau’s downtown Washington headquarters, according to an interview released Monday. Appearing on Yahoo! News’ Skullduggery podcast, the Tennessee Democrat said the effort is getting a fresh look after the release of a new movie highlighting the FBI’s secret program to discredit civil rights activists. The Washington Times in 2019 first reported Democrats’ bid to strip the longtime FBI director’s name from the bureau’s headquarters. Mr. Cohen said the impetus to revive the bid is the new movie, “Judas and the Black Messiah.” The movie details
Jill Biden, the Meghan Markle
in the WH, is egregiously
guilty of elder abuse
23 replies
Posted by Magnante 3/9/2021 4:40:38 AM Post Reply
“There must have been a moment, at the beginning, when we could have said –-no. But somehow we missed it.” Tom Stoppard The millions of Americans who were paying attention throughout the 2020 election campaign all became painfully aware of the fact that Joe Biden’s cognitive abilities were slipping and slipping fast. His wife, as the person closest to him, should have been the one to call the campaign quits in order to reduce stress on the man. Instead, apparently so anxious to become the First Lady by any means necessary, Mrs. Biden continued to push her failing husband’s campaign forward as if he were mentally qualified.
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