The wire service has repeatedly signaled that it is preparing a legal challenge. As one AP staffer remarked on condition of anonymity, “It’s hard to come up with a clearer case of viewpoint discrimination.”
Good. I’m glad they’re not just going to silently accept this shit. The Associated Press is one of the most reliable and well respected news sources in the world. I’m hoping Trump’s hissyfit backfires tremendously.
Ah yes, a legal challenge against an administration that has proven they don’t care about the law and will do whatever they want with no consequences.
Short of direct action, nothing will come of this or any other lawsuit against them. Someone needs to remove the offenders from the field, period. Anything short of that is useless.
As much as direct action is fun, this is just a lie. Lawsuits have already changed the Trump administration’s behaviour. Sure, they are still doing tons of illegal shit to see if they get called on it. But federal judges’ rulings have called them on it and even served as effective push back in many cases.
So the censorship of “free” press begins.
How about that first amendment?
Yeah so about that…
The executive unitary theory, which the party in charge of all three branches of government right now subscribe to, essentially implies that the first amendment, and really the entire sheet of parchment, is about as useful as toilet paper.
“Congress shall not” doesn’t mean shit when it’s the executive calling the shots and the only institutions that can legally stop him are controlled by his loyal party.
At this point I’m almost hoping for some team of elite western-European mercenaries to come in and take over the capital and reboot democracy with updated firmware.
C’mon world. America has spent the past hundred-some-odd years spreading our democracy like a horny teenager. Can’t someone repay the favor?
Yeah, we need to be invaded.
Since they aren’t privy to being in press briefings anymore they should just start reporting what they think happened. They can be the first to report Trump picked his nose after walking up to the podium or Leon was wearing a bright red skirt.
