A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump administration overnight to immediately restore access for news organizations that President Donald Trump banned from the complex last week.
MS NOW and CNN said their reporters were also denied entry. The three outlets have been barred from the White House since Saturday, following an order from Trump to do so “as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!”
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly granted a temporary restraining order early Thursday morning mandating that the administration restore the organizations’ access for at least two weeks while further litigation plays out.
If the court had balls, they could deputize people to enforce the order. Good chance that would result in people getting shot, though.
The court could force the press in, only for Trump lackeys to hide from them all day. They want to appear strong, they are actually fucking babies. Also, they are fucking babies.
Maybe on another day, but not today. Xi is visiting in person, so Trump would probably want to avoid hiding.
All the more reason they shouldn’t be allowed to drag their feet on complying with this court order
Instead of covering the WH or the China visits, the news outlets should rotate coverage between the Epstein files, how badly Iran actually damaged U.S. bases in the Middle East, the Russian Oligarch that paid for Trump Jr’s wedding, why the Saudi’s gave Kushner $2 billion dollars, how inflation is being computed now vs 15 years ago, and how the job market is actually doing (with nuance - maybe talk about underemployment).
but they won’t.
The fantasizing keeps me from despondency, though.