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Nonilex<p>…"The Attorney General must also approve efforts to question or arrest members of the news media," the memo said.</p><p>…The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has taken an assertive approach in dealing w/the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a>, including restricting the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AssociatedPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssociatedPress</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>access</span></a> to the White House over its decision to refer to the Gulf of Mexico &amp; taking control of the White House <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PressPool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressPool</span></a>, a function previously performed by the White House Correspondents' Association.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“…flame…flames on the sides of my face…”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LyingLiarWhoLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LyingLiarWhoLies</span></a></p><p>I watched😵as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> LIED on &amp; on &amp; on &amp; on &amp; on…in the Oval Office *presser* today [he has dictated that only friendly aka <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propagandist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propagandist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> outlets are allowed in the WH <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PressPool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressPool</span></a>]</p><p>🤬claimed that egg prices &amp; grocery prices in general are hugely down.</p><p>Actual facts:</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/price" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>price</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/eggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eggs</span></a> jumped nearly 6% Feb to March</p><p>Yeah that’s data from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalReserve</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has handpicked which <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> outlets can participate in the presidential <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PressPool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressPool</span></a>, &amp; on Tues it eliminated a slot reserved for reporters from independent newswires.</p><p>In the briefing room, ofcls have made room for a new cohort of more <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/partisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>partisan</span></a> attendees, like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightWing</span></a> podcasters, who ask less-adversarial questions than traditional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a>.…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/15/us/trump-white-house-briefing-room-new-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AE8.4daW.lnrzNSfj8uO4&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/interactive/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">4/15/us/trump-white-house-briefing-room-new-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AE8.4daW.lnrzNSfj8uO4&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p>After officially ousting out lesbian black TV comedianne <a href="https://c.im/tags/AmberRuffin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmberRuffin</span></a> as confirmed host, the thin skinned US President himself is not even expected to attend next weekend’s annual <a href="https://c.im/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> correspondents’ dinner.</p><p>The <a href="https://c.im/tags/Drumpf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drumpf</span></a> admin has been particularly sensitive to negative press, threatening to jail journalists, and even ousting long time <a href="https://c.im/tags/PressPool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressPool</span></a> members, including a ban on the entire <a href="https://c.im/tags/AssociatedPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssociatedPress</span></a> org from events for continuing centuries of precedence and refering to the <a href="https://c.im/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfMexico</span></a> instead of the President's preferred term “Gulf of America”.</p><p><a href="https://www.krqe.com/news/politics/trump-not-expected-to-attend-white-house-correspondents-dinner/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">krqe.com/news/politics/trump-n</span><span class="invisible">ot-expected-to-attend-white-house-correspondents-dinner/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>OMG, with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s new White House <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PressPool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressPool</span></a> policy, where he gets to pick who is in it instead of the White House Correspondents’ Assn who used to decide which reporters rotated through the pool, the questions he is taking are literally beginning with revolting flattery.</p><p>Not one asked about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺<p>The White House said on Tuesday it would decide which media organizations participate in the press pool that covers the president, wresting control away from the group of journalists that has done so for decades. Speaking to France 24, Jodi Ginsberg, CEO of the Committee to Protect Journalists, called it a "terrible move".<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PressPool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressPool</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-J2Z7GwxQU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=1-J2Z7GwxQU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_ccBzsgtN4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=9_ccBzsgtN</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/JimAcosta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimAcosta</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/WTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTF</span></a> is this new <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/WhiteHousePressTeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHousePressTeam</span></a> bullshit? </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/presspool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>presspool</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/USpoln" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpoln</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/USAFascistShitShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAFascistShitShow</span></a></p>
Punk Metal n Bowie<p>POLITICO: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> seizes control of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/presspool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>presspool</span></a>, will decide which outlets cover events with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a><br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/trump-white-house-press-pool-access-00206001" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/02/25/t</span><span class="invisible">rump-white-house-press-pool-access-00206001</span></a></p>
Unofficial PetaPixel Bot<p>National Press Photographers Association Condemns White House for Banning AP Journalists <a href="https://petapixel.com/2025/02/16/national-press-photographers-association-condemns-white-house-for-banning-ap-journalists/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petapixel.com/2025/02/16/natio</span><span class="invisible">nal-press-photographers-association-condemns-white-house-for-banning-ap-journalists/</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/nationalpressphotographersassociation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalpressphotographersassociation</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/associatedpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>associatedpress</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/whitehouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitehouse</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/prescorps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prescorps</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/presspool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>presspool</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/nppa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nppa</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/ap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ap</span></a></p>