Trump administration 2024-2028

[Brad Sallows]

Hey if a book reviewer for the WSJ can be a "Journalist" why can't he?

He can, and broadly speaking, is. What he has primarily been for the last while is a news reader.

what if he is writing everything he reads on TV? Is your position that for his over 20 years working at 60 minutes all he did was read a script?

First, I doubt he's writing much of the material, let alone everything. Second, I'm sure he has done more than read scripts in his career.

But right now the fight he chose to frame is that the people in charge aren't, somehow, qualified - morally if not professionally - to fire his insubordinate ass.

 

[MrWhyt]

He can, and broadly speaking, is. What he has primarily been for the last while is a news reader.

for the past 23 years he's been a correspondent on 60 Minutes

the people in charge aren't, somehow, qualified - morally if not professionally

perhaps the people who the owners of CBS put in place in order to curry favor with the trump administration so that their merger would get approved might not be professionally qualified.

 

[Brad Sallows]

perhaps the people who the owners of CBS put in place in order to curry favor with the trump administration so that their merger would get approved might not be professionally qualified.

I don't grant the premise ("curry favor"), but that aside, you raise the question of what the professional qualifications are. I doubt there are any, and I doubt that it matters. This is a moral and political battle. People know full well which institutions and agencies and influence and messaging they control, and resent losing any part of it, even to moderates on their own "side".

 

[daftandbarmy]

moved

 

[Halifax Tar]

opinions do, but the facts are that he and his team have won multiple awards for journalism.

So did this guy.

 

[mariomike]

Hunter vs Don Jr. In '28?!

Sounds like he has zero f#@$s left to give:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2062159650850509038

 

[daftandbarmy]

And sanity...

Trump's ambassador names one thing America needs from Canada​

It turns out U.S. farmers can't do without potash.

One day after President Donald Trump declared the United States doesn’t need anything from Canada, his ambassador in Ottawa offered a notable exception: potash.

Canada is the world’s top exporter of the essential fertilizer used to maximize crop production — and it’s one commodity U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said the United States needs as the fate of free trade between the two countries is under threat.

“When the president says we don’t need this from Canada, or there’s nothing we need. America has a tremendous amount of things where we have a need,” he told a Toronto business audience at the US-Canada Summit on Thursday. “We need potash.”

Canada is top exporter of potash to the world, accounting for nearly 40 percent of global exports. The U.S. buys 53 percent of Canada’s potash exports. Russia is another major exporter.

Trade talks appear to be on shaky ground, with Trump casting doubt over the long-term future of North American free trade, telling reporters Wednesday that he’s not looking to renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/11/canada-potash-pete-hoekstra-00958424

 

[ModlrMike]

Trade talks appear to be on shaky ground, with Trump casting doubt over the long-term future of North American free trade, telling reporters Wednesday that he’s not looking to renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Considering the agreement remains in force until 2036, there's a high likelihood he won't be in office then. This year's meeting is simply a periodic review.

 

[Good2Golf]

Considering the agreement remains in force until 2036, there's a high likelihood he won't be in office then. This year's meeting is simply a periodic review.

The “we don’t need anything…I may not renew…” is just Kabuki theatre pandering to his base…wait for his line to become “I got Canada to keep giving us resources for the next decade. BEST DEAL EVER!”

 

[daftandbarmy]

Surprised/ not surprised...

Event honoring servicewomen canceled after most branches decline to attend​

The annual event put on by members of Congress honors women who served by laying wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery.

An annual event put on by members of Congress to honor fallen servicewomen was canceled this year after the Navy, Air Force and Space Force bowed out, citing Pentagon and White House policies on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, according to the Democratic members of the caucus leading the event.

The Bipartisan Women’s Caucus’ 28th annual wreath-laying ceremony is typically held at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The Democratic Women’s Caucus announced the cancellation on Monday.

A spokesperson with the Democratic half of the caucus told Task & Purpose that the Navy and the Air Force (answering for the Space Force) declined to participate due to White House and Department of Defense policies that bar participation in diversity, equity and inclusion or identity-related celebrations. The spokesperson said that the Army cited scheduling conflicts due to the service’s birthday, but it “had never been an issue prohibiting them from participating before.”

Event honoring servicewomen canceled after most branches decline to attend

An annual wreath-laying ceremony put on to honor fallen servicewomen was canceled after the military branches declined to participate.

taskandpurpose.com