ron fullwood

[ron fullwood @FullwoodRon]

@JonLemire all of that has been advantaged off of ONE republican majority. None of it is normal or sustainable beyond their control of government, and presaging generational change like it's some epiphany is a product of this political mirage of the inevitability of Trump.

[ron fullwood @FullwoodRon]

@thedailybeast here we have the typical, historically compliant cowardice of attacking victims of Trump's abuse as if they asked for it.

Trump attacks the press, others who can't move Trump attack the press. What is more weak than that acquiescence?

[ron fullwood @FullwoodRon]

because they're under contract and not a monolith. They all work for separate news orgs, but you know this.

Many feel abandoning the room would hand the administration total control over the daily narrative without independent pushback or questioning.

CNN still attended briefings at the WH when Acosta was banned.

[ron fullwood @FullwoodRon]

WHCA does not have the independent power to cancel, schedule, or control White House press briefings or press credentials. Any decision to boycott or walk out of a White House press briefing or gaggle rests entirely with the management and editors of each individual news organization, not the association's board.

[ron fullwood @FullwoodRon]

@ThrivingOnSpite @BillKristol it's literally their role. They are an advocacy and liaison org.

What power are you pretending here that they otherwise possess to independently alter or direct anything?

[ron fullwood @FullwoodRon]

it's an advocacy and liasion organization, not a union.

They are advocating here, for anyone who doesn't understand their role.

They don't and can't file lawsuits on behalf of the pres, just friend of the court briefs.

The autonomous press members are directed by their individual networks and news orgs, not WHCA. If they want to band together they don't need permission from WHCA.

THIS is their role, advocacy, not whatever you are going on about. They're not the catalyst in any of this that you're pretending.

[ron fullwood @FullwoodRon]

@KirkWittenberg @drilltheshills @tomsherwood @Acosta @AliVelshi WH allows ONE in, ALL credentialed press allowed in.

"Allow one, allow all" is the legal principle that's been upheld and left alone by the Supreme Court in myriad cases.

[ron fullwood @FullwoodRon]

Because the administration did not cite safety violations or neutral space limitations, but rather targeted the outlets for their reporting, legal analysts predict the ban will be struck down quickly in federal court. The Supreme Court's rigorous framework protecting against government retaliation ensures that once a public forum is provided to the press, the state cannot pick and choose participants based on whether it likes what they have to say.

[ron fullwood @FullwoodRon]

@KirkWittenberg @drilltheshills @tomsherwood @Acosta @AliVelshi While government officials have the right to express their own views, they cannot use their power, coercion, or behind-the-scenes pressure to selectively punish or suppress private speech based on its perspective, as reinforced in Supreme Court rulings like NRA v. Vullo (2024)

[ron fullwood @FullwoodRon]

@KirkWittenberg @drilltheshills @tomsherwood @Acosta @AliVelshi If the government opens a public space or funding program (like a public university student fund), it cannot exclude speakers just because their specific viewpoint is unpopular or controversial, as established in cases highlighted by the American Civil Liberties Union.

[ron fullwood @FullwoodRon]

@drilltheshills @KirkWittenberg @tomsherwood @Acosta @AliVelshi talking past you now.

Keep up.

[ron fullwood @FullwoodRon]

@McFaul he's signaling a more nefarious intent than just re-codifying an old treaty with his language about 'permanent control' ; same man who said he considers it U.S. territory. But, yeah, sure, let's be sanguine about what Trump says, because, it never amounts to anything, right? 🤔

[ron fullwood @FullwoodRon]

@BillKristol Trump attacks the press, then you attack the press.

What's the difference? Both of you are demagoguing them.

[ron fullwood @FullwoodRon]

@PAndropv @tomsherwood @Acosta @AliVelshi if he allows one in, the rest of the credentialed press are also allowed.

Sherrill v. Knight (1977), decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

He can't single them out and ban them based on 'negative' reports they might file.