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senseandsensibility

(25,283 posts)
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 02:44 PM 10 hrs ago

The WH Correspondents got what they wanted!!!! Woo-Hoooo!!!!!!!

They must be SOOO proud. After kissing trump's patoot at last year's dinner and bashing Joe Biden all evening, his Highness has agreed to attend in person! High fives all around!
It's gonna be SOOO great!!!!

Let me remind you in case you have forgotten. Joe Biden was not President at the time of last year's dinner. Yet the entire theme of the evening was his supposed mental decline and age-related cognitive issues. The "journalists" who broke this story, including Jake Tapper, were featured prominently. This was treated as a major story of the year, breaking news that was being hidden by the Biden administration.

Well, fast forward a year. Trump, who watched last year's dinner and must have loved it, has agreed to attend. And journalists are so happy, although what journalistic purpose it serves when he has openly attacked and tried to censor many of them, is unclear.
Also unclear is whether ANY criticism of His Highness will be allowed at the dinner.

Maybe they'll do a redux of "Biden is Old" exposes to please the King. I wish I was kidding.

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The WH Correspondents got what they wanted!!!! Woo-Hoooo!!!!!!! (Original Post) senseandsensibility 10 hrs ago OP
I respect those boycotting MustLoveBeagles 10 hrs ago #1
Yes! senseandsensibility 10 hrs ago #2
Don't bet on him showing up... GoCubsGo 10 hrs ago #3
He's on his way back to Washington, saw him lying as usual to reporters when leaving......ya know always hard to a kennedy 9 hrs ago #6
Yes I have been wondering about that since yesterday when senseandsensibility 9 hrs ago #7
Forgot to add this post from Matt Negrin still host of Hardball senseandsensibility 10 hrs ago #4
and his letting White Africans in the country but not the Black ones.........flat out racism. a kennedy 9 hrs ago #8
Quiet, Piggy UpInArms 10 hrs ago #5
They have no self respect senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #24
Why is anyone surprised at the journalists that will FalloutShelter 9 hrs ago #9
It is also yet another 'gluing of the lips' so that they can keep the access they have. OldBaldy1701E 9 hrs ago #12
Nothing will ever top Michelle Wolf mountain grammy 9 hrs ago #10
I also like Colbert's epic performance FoxNewsSucks 9 hrs ago #13
God bless Helen Thomas's memory. BattleRow 9 hrs ago #15
wut Maj. Dude 9 hrs ago #11
Not going to happen. Mierda47 is showing up late & giving a speech ... aggiesal 9 hrs ago #14
First comes toasting..then comes roasting.. BattleRow 9 hrs ago #16
Trump's Plans for 'Mic-Drop' Media Confrontation Are Leaked ... aggiesal 8 hrs ago #17
the reporters attending this should be ashamed of themselves Takket 8 hrs ago #18
I say, show up. But the 1st insult from Mierda47 or any admin toady, stand up & turn their back to the speaker. ... aggiesal 8 hrs ago #19
Rember when "shit his pants" used to describe extreme fear or surprise. Surprise. twodogsbarking 8 hrs ago #20
Time to attack the Sleepy Pedophile! RainCaster 8 hrs ago #21
Who cares? The real journalists/pundits DinahMoeHum 8 hrs ago #22
Is he going because he thinks they will bash Biden? I think when the bashing begins he will run away. ShazamIam 8 hrs ago #23
Does anyone gerryatwork 7 hrs ago #25
Good idea senseandsensibility 5 hrs ago #28
White House Stenographers Dinner -misanthroptimist 7 hrs ago #26
Yes senseandsensibility 7 hrs ago #27

GoCubsGo

(34,967 posts)
3. Don't bet on him showing up...
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 03:05 PM
10 hrs ago

Reports say he ran off to Merde a Lardo overnight for "executive time." Or, as we'd call it, "cavorting with the billionaires," who are having some kind of shindig in Palm Beach tonight. I'm betting he doesn't make it back in time for the dinner. He'll probably be to exhausted from all of the looting and pilfering.

a kennedy

(36,183 posts)
6. He's on his way back to Washington, saw him lying as usual to reporters when leaving......ya know always hard to
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 03:09 PM
9 hrs ago

hear him because of the car and helicopter noise.

senseandsensibility

(25,283 posts)
7. Yes I have been wondering about that since yesterday when
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 03:09 PM
9 hrs ago

it was announced that he was going to FLA and doing his crypto thing (cuz he's he a wartime President). I tried to google whether he was attending in person and stories were still claiming he was. But I agree with you. He might just phone it in, and the "reporters" will be so sad.

senseandsensibility

(25,283 posts)
4. Forgot to add this post from Matt Negrin still host of Hardball
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 03:05 PM
10 hrs ago

on bluesky, "In nine hours the national press corps will raise their glasses to the most racist person in the country and claim it's a "work dinner" for 'source building'." He cites a trump post from today calling Obama Hussein Obama. Why is the press corps okay with this? Yes, trump may not be the most racist person in the country, as Matt called him, but his record of slurs against Obama alone is horrible.

a kennedy

(36,183 posts)
8. and his letting White Africans in the country but not the Black ones.........flat out racism.
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 03:11 PM
9 hrs ago

🤬 🤬 🤬

senseandsensibility

(25,283 posts)
24. They have no self respect
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 05:09 PM
7 hrs ago

And consequently, they will get no respect from me. If he runs away after calling them names for an hour tonight, as some are predicting, they will deserve it.

FalloutShelter

(14,549 posts)
9. Why is anyone surprised at the journalists that will
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 03:11 PM
9 hrs ago

Be there tonight.
After all… this is a story now, with all the leaking about the bully diatribe TSF plans to deliver.
It’s going to be a “I was there when” story they’ll dine out on for years to come…If the planet still exists, let alone our Democracy.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,352 posts)
12. It is also yet another 'gluing of the lips' so that they can keep the access they have.
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 03:32 PM
9 hrs ago

Not to mention kissing that same ass to try and get even more.

The modern journalist (with exceptions, of course) is just a whore for clicks and will do anything to get them. They would cheer for the orange gibbon if he was standing there wanting to talk to them and they would cheer if he was laying in front of them dead. They don't care about him, except for his ability to get them clicks.

Which is the same with all of us. If you need some basis for what journalist are capable of, feel free to go read about William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. Thanks to them, we now have the term 'yellow journalism'. The manipulation was extreme. But, it was all for 'clicks'.

Just like today. They will write whatever gets them eyes, and reality be damned.

(Again, I will repeat that there are exceptions to this. But, those exceptions seem few and far between and too often get drowned out by those seeking more and more as opposed to seeking the truth.)

mountain grammy

(29,110 posts)
10. Nothing will ever top Michelle Wolf
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 03:20 PM
9 hrs ago

There's been some great ones, but she's the gold standard in my very humble opinion.

FoxNewsSucks

(11,836 posts)
13. I also like Colbert's epic performance
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 03:32 PM
9 hrs ago

right to George W (W is for War Criminal) Bush's smug face. The video continues with Helen Thomas stalking him out to the parking lot.

aggiesal

(10,872 posts)
14. Not going to happen. Mierda47 is showing up late & giving a speech ...
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 03:51 PM
9 hrs ago

Then he's leaving after the speech so that nobody can roast him.

aggiesal

(10,872 posts)
17. Trump's Plans for 'Mic-Drop' Media Confrontation Are Leaked ...
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 04:12 PM
8 hrs ago
The president is planning a rage-fueled moment at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

Donald Trump will launch a “revenge” attack on the White House media when he confronts them in person at a Washington dinner on Saturday night—then flee before there can be revenge.

Trump will leave the White House Correspondents’ Association event after making his speech, so he will miss the presentation of press awards—one of which would be certain to embarrass him.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-plans-for-mic-drop-media-confrontation-at-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner-are-leaked/

Takket

(23,754 posts)
18. the reporters attending this should be ashamed of themselves
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 04:20 PM
8 hrs ago

they are betraying their profession. they are more concerned with reporting lies than they are with uncovering truth.

aggiesal

(10,872 posts)
19. I say, show up. But the 1st insult from Mierda47 or any admin toady, stand up & turn their back to the speaker. ...
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 04:22 PM
8 hrs ago

Imagine a whole room of reporters with standing with their back to the speaker.
That would make news.

RainCaster

(13,805 posts)
21. Time to attack the Sleepy Pedophile!
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 04:35 PM
8 hrs ago

They all need to treat him exactly like he has been treating them.
Insults.
Derogatory nicknames.
Face to face oral defecation.
Make it memorable.

DinahMoeHum

(23,648 posts)
22. Who cares? The real journalists/pundits
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 04:37 PM
8 hrs ago

will be at the pre-dinner and post-dinner parties, not the main event.

ShazamIam

(3,154 posts)
23. Is he going because he thinks they will bash Biden? I think when the bashing begins he will run away.
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 04:44 PM
8 hrs ago
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