What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Zanza]

Surely, the "free speech absolutis"t Musk will convince is buddy Trump that this is a bad move, right? 

[The Minsky Moment]

Earth to whatever is left of the real press: STOP COVERING THE WHITE HOUSE

Just pull out everyone, leave Fox News, and weirdo podcasters and Der Sturmer

There is no news to cover, it's just a clown show of foreign-influenced disinformation, propaganda and utter confusion.  The amusement value of covering the latest verbal Dadaism from the WH press secretary is played out.

Send your top reporters out to gather facts.  If you want to know what is actually happening in the government, the last place to go is the White House.  Even if they were inclined to give truthful responses, they have no idea what is going on.  They aren't in the loop.

[Oexmelin]

Have you written that letter, or called, the media you consume?

[Josquius]

Is my memory playing tricks on me or back during Wilsons time in government in the UK was there not paranoia from the Americans that the UK was rather too communist and would be sharing intel with the Soviets?
We are in an interesting mirror today.

I mean, are we just going to forget about the Cambridge Five?

Sure, but five not particularly highly ranked establishment figures is quite a different thing to the leader of the country being an asset.

[grumbler]

Earth to whatever is left of the real press: STOP COVERING THE WHITE HOUSE

Just pull out everyone, leave Fox News, and weirdo podcasters and Der Sturmer

There is no news to cover, it's just a clown show of foreign-influenced disinformation, propaganda and utter confusion.  The amusement value of covering the latest verbal Dadaism from the WH press secretary is played out.

Send your top reporters out to gather facts.  If you want to know what is actually happening in the government, the last place to go is the White House.  Even if they were inclined to give truthful responses, they have no idea what is going on.  They aren't in the loop.

EXACTLY this.

[Syt]

Seems there's leadership changes at the National Archives. I guess Trump or his handlers want to make sure they can control what gets committed to the archives and (more importantly, I assume) what doesn't.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-archives-firings-layoffs-historical-recordkeeping-559027fdd2f634263bea7774a78d66fe

[Crazy_Ivan80]

I'm starting to believe we'll have a real life rendition of v for vendetta,  but instead of London it'll be in DC

Edit: mar-a-lago
Cringe

[Gups]

Is my memory playing tricks on me or back during Wilsons time in government in the UK was there not paranoia from the Americans that the UK was rather too communist and would be sharing intel with the Soviets?
We are in an interesting mirror today.

I mean, are we just going to forget about the Cambridge Five?

Sure, but five not particularly highly ranked establishment figures is quite a different thing to the leader of the country being an asset.

I think the point is that it wasn't paranoia - they really were sharing secrets. They were pretty high-ranking as well e.g. Philby was chief liaison with the US intelligence agencies. They were important enough for the Soviets to put up statutes of them and for Philby to be honoured with a postage stamp.