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orleans

(37,071 posts)
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 09:19 PM 11 hrs ago

"Once again: if you are attending tomorrow's White House Correspondents Dinner and you are not planning to actively prot

Once again: if you are attending tomorrow's White House Correspondents Dinner and you are not planning to actively protest the presence of Trump and his henchmen and yet you claim to be a journalist and a patriotic American...

You are neither a journalist nor an American.

STAND FOR SOMETHING

Keith Olbermann (@olbermann.bsky.social) 2026-04-24T11:38:07.016Z




Once again: if you are attending tomorrow's White House Correspondents Dinner and you are not planning to actively protest the presence of Trump and his henchmen and yet you claim to be a journalist and a patriotic American...

You are neither a journalist nor an American.

STAND FOR SOMETHING


i think cspan, cnn & msNOW will carry it live

anyone planning on watching? i might but i'm not sure yet. probably won't be sure until it starts.
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"Once again: if you are attending tomorrow's White House Correspondents Dinner and you are not planning to actively prot (Original Post) orleans 11 hrs ago OP
Not this Huckleberry...I gotta trim my nails... wcmagumba 11 hrs ago #1
defrosting my frost free freezer... lapfog_1 11 hrs ago #2
Sorry, I'll be washing my hair...both of them! Enter stage left 11 hrs ago #3
LOL! nt orleans 11 hrs ago #8
When anyone asks me ''Did you get your hair cut?'' ... aggiesal 8 hrs ago #24
I was planning... 2naSalit 11 hrs ago #4
And I have to drive 2naSalit to the hospital when the blood starts gushing. Marie Marie 10 hrs ago #19
See... 2naSalit 10 hrs ago #21
... Marie Marie 9 hrs ago #22
But, but, but...ACCESS!!! Iggo 11 hrs ago #5
True.. agingdem 4 hrs ago #27
I saw Jimmy Kimmel's Alternate B.See 11 hrs ago #6
I used to watch White House Correspondents Dinners only to enjoy the comedy roast of the president. sop 11 hrs ago #7
And they're not having a comedian this year dflprincess 11 hrs ago #9
Absurd. spanone 10 hrs ago #13
That fits because our President is Mental... Marie Marie 10 hrs ago #20
I'm guessing Trump will appear on video... Escape 10 hrs ago #10
Instead, I'll watch the video of the 2011 dinner..... MyOwnPeace 10 hrs ago #11
Won't be watching MustLoveBeagles 10 hrs ago #12
No, I am planning on doing something exciting like performing brain surgery state of stupid 10 hrs ago #14
I've, too, have better things to do Seinan Sensei 10 hrs ago #15
Hear, hear Keith!!! BigmanPigman 10 hrs ago #16
I expect them to edhopper 10 hrs ago #17
No BeneteauBum 10 hrs ago #18
Miss Cleo has told me that my cat's litter box will need changing niyad 9 hrs ago #23
Ares in who's anus state of stupid 8 hrs ago #25
whose niyad 7 hrs ago #26

aggiesal

(10,867 posts)
24. When anyone asks me ''Did you get your hair cut?'' ...
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 12:17 AM
8 hrs ago

I always respond with "No I got them all cut!"

2naSalit

(103,527 posts)
4. I was planning...
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 09:35 PM
11 hrs ago

To give myself a root canal with my do it yourself at home kit.

I'm sure it would be more enjoyable.

agingdem

(8,935 posts)
27. True..
Sat Apr 25, 2026, 04:37 AM
4 hrs ago

If you remember days after the 2024 election Mika and Joe met with Trump to beg forgiveness and kiss his fat ass..and Jake Tapper’s unveiled his screed torching Joe Biden..

Any journalist with a scintilla of integrity/self respect should stay home if no other reason than to send vomit spewing Trump a not so subtle message his racist humiliation of women journalists/black women journalist is not ok …

sop

(18,958 posts)
7. I used to watch White House Correspondents Dinners only to enjoy the comedy roast of the president.
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:02 PM
11 hrs ago

It didn't matter whether the president was a Democrat or a Republican, it was always fun. And when it was the president's turn to respond in kind, it was usually done with grace, humor and dignity. Other than that, these affairs are just a lot of boring self-congratulatory speeches, and incestuous schmoozing between the fourth estate and the public officials they're supposed to be covering.

Trump is completely bereft of any grace, humor or dignity. He's a soulless slug who only wants to hurt and divide. I won't watch.

dflprincess

(29,373 posts)
9. And they're not having a comedian this year
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:15 PM
11 hrs ago

The entertainment will be "Renowned Mentalist Oz Pearlman"

https://whca.press/2026/02/26/whca-announces-renowned-mentalist-oz-pearlman-as-entertainer-for-annual-dinner/

I think at the last minute they should have Colbert suddenly appear on the podium. Though the rumor is Trump is going to speak before the entertainment and plans to attack members of the press he doesn't like then, in a true TACO move, leave.

Escape

(496 posts)
10. I'm guessing Trump will appear on video...
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:22 PM
10 hrs ago

He couldn't handle people booing him in person.

But.....if he actually shows up in the building, it will be a great, great opportunity for some journalist heroes to step up and stand up for the American people.

MyOwnPeace

(17,600 posts)
11. Instead, I'll watch the video of the 2011 dinner.....
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:22 PM
10 hrs ago

you know, the one where PRESIDENT OBAMA kicked DonOLD's fat ass from one side of the banquet hall to the other!

And I know, perhaps I should be regretting that many consider the moment when IQ45/47 decided that he should actually run for the office.

BULLSHIT!!!!!!

Let him decide whatever he wants - I'm pizzed at the idiots that actually thought that he was a qualified person to run the United States of America!

THEY need to get away from the TV (well, OK, FAUX SPEWS!) and try to work at becoming a responsible citizen and actually THINK!

state of stupid

(164 posts)
14. No, I am planning on doing something exciting like performing brain surgery
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:37 PM
10 hrs ago

on myself. After which I will gargle with rusty razor and the cherry on the cake will be when I
make my first and probably only attempt to manscape with a weed eater.

BigmanPigman

(55,374 posts)
16. Hear, hear Keith!!!
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:37 PM
10 hrs ago

They should re-run the 2011 dinned with Obama dissing tRump on a loop outside in DC that evening.

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niyad

(133,325 posts)
23. Miss Cleo has told me that my cat's litter box will need changing
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:43 PM
9 hrs ago

at that exact hour. .something about Aries in Uranus or some such. Cannot mess with the foretellings of the stars.

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