Discussion: WHCA Urges Court To 'Roundly Reject' Trump's 'Dangerous' Position On CNN Suit

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Hopefully Trump loses and Acosta is reinstated. I imagine Trump then will simply ignore him?

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Concurrently, how about a WHCA boycott of ALL Trump events?

Puncture that bigly overblown ego…

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I have no idea what the actual law is on this particular situation. But certainly if it’s allowed to stand, there’ll be a huge chilling effect. Push too hard, and you’re shut out of the most prominent position you ever had—and no matter what you say, that’s what it is for most of these people—and you’ll almost certainly take a huge pay cut and cripple your career for life as a result.

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I’m pretty sure Trump is incapable of not picking at that scab. He may not call on him, but he will announce he’s not calling on him, opine on his character, etc. while not calling on him. He might even go so far as to assign him a seat in the back that is likely to collapse or be the size for a kindergartener or comes labeled with “dunce” or some other stupid thing.

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Maybe. It happened once, after the supposed birtherism-ending announcement. I’m not holding my breath. :confused:

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Trump would be within his right to do so and there is precedent for that kind of action.

Removing Acosta’s credentials? Not so much.

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The Koch-led crusade to make this country into an extremist libertarian paradise pretty much mandates the dissolution of the free press.

The extremist libertarian thinks it’s am immoral encroachment on personal liberty for “special interest groups” like “a majority of voters” to support laws that constrain in any way the actions of the wealthy and powerful. The free press is a key element of how disconnected voters coordinate their actions. And so, it has to go.

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And yet some of our loudest, angriest, most “passionate” and therefore obviously correct voices here say the media are right-leaning corporate mouthpieces for their billionaire owners and are obviously collaborating with Trump to destroy—um—themselves? Or set up a fascist thingy or whatever it is. It’s deliberate, they’re saying, it’s no accident, it’s not that they made mistakes or were used or are just another institution that’s tried but mostly failed to meet and adapt to this challenge with notable exceptions like our honored hosts right here. Which leaves me SO CONFUSED I can tell you.

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All down to Mr Acosta DARING to argue with Hairy Fuhrer .

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If the WH successfully bans Jim Acosta, CNN should send Abilio J. Acosta.

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Or just have him change his clothes. Trump assured us that totally works for voting

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Honest to dog LOL.

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If the White House can ban Jim Acosta
With their claim that the reporter accost her.
Then there’s no end to the lies
This admin. I despise.
Of their duplicitous moves I say basta!

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Another Trump Judge. This one playing delay. The Judge that gave Mueller crap today is also a Trumper. Ethics is gone. In both cases Trump is a party but these Judges see nothing wrong in heading up the show.

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