President Trump- The Implications

[Hoss]

And now, there's this:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/us/politics/white-house-sean-spicer-briefing.html

[Cats Cats Cats]

CNN, BBC, Politico, NY Times, LA times is the list so far banned.

[Hoss]

I'm waiting for the regulars to get on here and say this is 'normal'.

[TulsaMoon]

This is not normal.

In the past certain events were blocked to ALL media, but not ever before (that I can find) has individual media outlets been banned. IMO, he has now taken things to another level.

[Cats Cats Cats]

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4658334/spicer

Also, LOL Spicer said this is what dictatorships do.

Don't worry, if they don't get too much negative feedback they will slowly add to the ban.

[Conan71]

I'm waiting for the regulars to get on here and say this is 'normal'.

"It's normal when I do it!"

[cannon_fodder]

December 16, 2016:

Q:"One of the things the Trump campaign gained notariety for was banning outlets, banning reporters..."

Spicer:  "Right."

Q: "You said, I think, that's not going to happen..."

Spicer: "I think there is a big different between a campaign, where it is a private venue using private funds and a government entity.  I think we have a respect for the press, when it comes to the government.  That is something you can't ban an entity from.  Conservative, liberal or otherwise.  That's what makes a democracy a democracy versus a dictatorship. So I think there is a vastly different model when it comes to government and what should be acceptable..."

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4658334/spicer

Today:

White House Bars New York Times and Other Outlets from Briefing

White House Blocks News Organization from Press Briefings

After Trump calls media an enemy of the people, White House bars many news outlets from briefing

White House selectively blocks media outlets from briefing with Spicer

[Hoss]

December 16, 2016:

Q:"One of the things the Trump campaign gained notariety for was banning outlets, banning reporters..."

Spicer:  "Right."

Q: "You said, I think, that's not going to happen..."

Spicer: "I think there is a big different between a campaign, where it is a private venue using private funds and a government entity.  I think we have a respect for the press, when it comes to the government.  That is something you can't ban an entity from.  Conservative, liberal or otherwise.  That's what makes a democracy a democracy versus a dictatorship. So I think there is a vastly different model when it comes to government and what should be acceptable..."

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4658334/spicer

Today:

White House Bars New York Times and Other Outlets from Briefing

White House Blocks News Organization from Press Briefings

After Trump calls media an enemy of the people, White House bars many news outlets from briefing

White House selectively blocks media outlets from briefing with Spicer

Oops.

[patric]

Oops.

Frost: Would you say that there are certain situations - and the Huston Plan was one of them - where the president can decide that it's in the best interests of the nation, and do something illegal?

Nixon: Well, when the president does it, that means it is not illegal.

[Vashta Nerada]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5cH86JWAAAKCnh.jpg

[Hoss]

http://www.npr.org/2017/02/25/517257273/trump-will-be-first-president-in-36-years-to-skip-white-house-correspondents-din

Trumplethinskin indeed.  What a baby.

[Conan71]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5cH86JWAAAKCnh.jpg

Selfie?

[Vashta Nerada]

Selfie?

CPAC prank






WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal prison population is on the decline, but a new attorney general who talks tough on drugs and crime and already has indicated a looming need for private prisons seems poised to usher in a reversal of that trend.

Nearly half of federal prisoners are in custody for drug offenses, and the Bureau of Prisons budget accounts for about one-third of the department's overall $29 billion spending plan. The population ballooned during the 1980s-era war on drugs as Congress abolished parole and as federal prosecutors relied on mandatory minimum sentences — rigid punishments strictly tied to drug quantity — to seek decades-long prison terms for drug criminals.

[dbacksfan 2.0]

Selfie?

Wedding photo.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Wedding photo.

??

Trump marrying a 15 year old girl ??   

Sounds about right.