#whitehousecorrespondentsdinner

@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social · Jul 26, 2026

“He bombed, but the most offensive thing about it was that it wasn’t funny." -- Alyssa Farah Griffin, a communications director in the first Trump administration #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #USPol

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br00t4c @br00t4c@mastodon.social · Jul 25, 2026

'Bomb after bomb': CNN pundits rip into Trump's 'mean and small' WHCD speech #TrumpWHCD #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner https://www.rawstory.com/trump-whcd-speech/

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William Lindsey

@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 28, 2026

"A close reading of the Justice Department’s charges Monday afternoon against 31-year-old Cole Allen hint that he didn’t fire any weapon at all. In fact, it’s not clear from what we know that this was a 'shooting' at all. ... Here is what to me is a more likely scenario than what the government is telling us so far:" ~ Garrett M. Graff #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #WHCD #violence #shooting #DOJ #ColeAllen /1 https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/is-the-justice-department-lying-about-saturday-s-shooting

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William Lindsey

@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 27, 2026

"Nobody in the history of American politics has weaponized incidents of violent crime to turn them into political capital like Donald Trump. His campaign’s use of the incident in Butler, PA as well as the Laken Riley murder in sick and perverse ways were instrumental in returning him to the presidency." ~ Ron Filipkowski #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #WHCD #Trump #Republicans #violence #media #ballroom /1 https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-358-42726

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William Lindsey

@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 27, 2026

Replying to @wdlindsy@toad.social

"Now he’s is using the incident at the WHCA dinner to justify his deeply unpopular ballroom monstrosity. Trump, members of his admin, Republican members of Congress, as well as right-wing TV hosts, podcasters and influencers went on a full-court propaganda blitz today to use the latest incident to justify not only construction of the ballroom, but even a demand to have taxpayers now foot the bill." #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #WHCD #Trump #Republicans #violence #media #ballroom /2

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William Lindsey

@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 27, 2026

Replying to @wdlindsy@toad.social

"He lies. And the press corps accepts it. This dynamic is a part of strategy that's gotten clearer since Saturday. Instead of using the shock of violence to bridge divisions between Americans, the president is enlisting the press corps in creating a reality with which to divide us further." ~ John Stoehr #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #WHCD #Trump #Republicans #violence #media #ballroom /3 https://www.editorialboard.com/cole-allen-is-not-anti-christian-trump-lied-about-his-faith-and-the-press-corps-accepted-it/

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William Lindsey

@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 27, 2026

Replying to @wdlindsy@toad.social

"The Republicans love to gaslight the public into believing that the Democrats are inciting violence when they tell the truth about Trump. In fact, it's the president who is the greatest source of incitement. That his life has been threatened three times should be proof enough." #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #WHCD #Trump #Republicans #violence #media #ballroom /4

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William Lindsey

@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 27, 2026

Replying to @wdlindsy@toad.social

"Yet the press corps plays along, accepting Trump's claims uncritically – he was told to get down when he actually fell; Cole Allen is ant-Christian when he is actually deeply Christian – as if the constant mainlining of deceit into the body politic is not going to bring tensions to an even higher boil." #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #WHCD #Trump #Republicans #violence #media #ballroom /5

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