Red Mosquito

BurtReynolds wrote:http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN197156

Germany threatens retaliation if U.S. sanctions against Russia harm its firms

I have no idea what's going on in the world any more, but it sounds like we're building to something.

wease wrote:Absolutely everything Obama did was wrong to Trump, so he will try to erase it all.

McParadigm wrote:
Finally:

GOP sirens blare over Georgia special election

The GOP is bracing for the prospect of a loss in Tuesday’s Georgia’s special election that could have far-reaching implications for President Donald Trump and his party’s fortunes in 2018.

As grim confidential polling data circulates among GOP strategists, interviews with nearly two dozen Republican operatives and officials reveal that they are preparing for the possibility of an unnerving defeat that could spur lawmakers to distance themselves from Trump and his already-troubled legislative agenda, and potentially encourage a wave of retirements.

“If Ossoff wins, you’re going to see the floodgates open, with Democrats recruiting candidates in races from governor to county commission,” said Randy Evans, an influential Republican National Committeeman from Georgia.

cutuphalfdead wrote:that tweet doesn't say anything, and that account could be run by anyone

McParadigm wrote:Because if the likes of CNN and WaPo stop coming in, the White House either

A. Uses their absense to revoke their press passes, saying "they don't even want one clearly." And then eventually the briefings are for Fox, Breitbart, and RT.

or

B. The White House just ceases all briefings, blaming the press's "unwillingness" to hear their information.

McParadigm wrote:Because if the likes of CNN and WaPo stop coming in, the White House either

A. Uses their absense to revoke their press passes, saying "they don't even want one clearly." And then eventually the briefings are for Fox, Breitbart, and RT.

or

B. The White House just ceases all briefings, blaming the press's "unwillingness" to hear their information.

B wrote:I'm fine with both of those outcomes.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

B wrote:I'm fine with both of those outcomes.

cutuphalfdead wrote:Establishing a norm where more traditional, mainstream outlets lose credentials or the white house stops communicating with the public entirely is not a good thing. It's the presses job to show up, and report on what happens. If the white house is putting up hoops for them to jump through, that's part of the story they have to report on.