It’s a low bar, but Trump is so unpopular that some of his allies in trying to overturn the 2020 election are now acknowledging (six years later) that he lost then. https://t.co/zGdDebtnDb
I bet it would really rankle the president if media outlets showed solidarity with one another by boycotting press briefings and Oval Office gaggles until access is restored to CNN, MS NOW, and Politico.
It has always been, and will always be true that immigrants (documented and otherwise) are a net gain for our economy. They are working age, they come here to work and they pay taxes. The inverse of is also true: Trump’s anti-immigrant policies slow US economic growth.
I still can't believe a president of the United States actually said "there's something wrong with a country that can allow people to write purposely negative stories."
The prices in the quoted Tweet are all made up. The only item listed that is significantly lower than Jan 2025 is eggs. Butter and bread are slightly lower, and milk and chicken are more expensive. But most importantly, we can look at all grocery prices, which are up 3.4%
I built a city for kids stuck in illegal child labor and their families. This is by far my most impactful video ever, i feel like my entire 14 years on Youtube has led up to this. Check it out 🙏🏻
The latest MrBeast video has him building an entire village - housing, a school, well and plumbing system, power grid, play areas, farm, marketplace, and community center.
And the entire time he's talking about how it's because the kids in the village used to be stuck in child labor for cacao, so that we can eat chocolate. He's paying for five years of school meals for the kids, because free meals makes kids more likely to attend school rather than working.
He actually talks about child labor in chocolate *all the time* and his company Feastables is genuinely much more ethical than the big chocolate companies, pays living wages to farmers and is part of a traceable/open supply chain project.
Regardless of whether you like his content, the guy is doing incredible things across the world and using his money to try to make a difference. I find it pretty remarkable, especially when compared with the incredibly shallow stuff that most other rich influencers spend their money on.
Trump picked a pointless fight with Denmark about annexing Greenland and then ended with a diplomatic agreement that just copies the terms of the 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Trump says: “Media Outlets shouldn't be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES” when covering the government.
But what’s fiction or a lie isn’t up to the government in a free country—and must never be decided by the government. That’s why the First Amendment exists!
A few thoughts this morning on the situation at the White House.
I'm sure plenty of people don't see the big deal in denying a few outlets access to the grounds. But it is a big deal.
* Press freedom is a bedrock principle.
* Less journalism = more opportunities for corruption.
* Banning reporters has a chilling effect for those reporters not banned
* There is nothing to indicate Trump will stop with these three.
* Less appreciated: adversarial press helps presidents. We should welcome checks and transparency. It's good governance.
I'm disheartened by the absence of real meaningful public pushback as these outlets have their credentials pulled this morning.
There should be collective action. The WHCA should be explaining more openly what they're doing. After all, this is an institution founded on open publication of information