
S.V. Dáte
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S.V. Dáte
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White House correspondent at HuffPost. Author of THE USEFUL IDIOT -- Now fully updated post-January 6. https://t.co/88HnBbA8a7


In the same press gaggle, Trump said he doubled the size of his ballroom and he doesn’t care about Americans’ financial situations. I am begging the media — act like Obama or Biden did this shit and cover it the way you would have then.

BTW, it has been said a lot, but Trump's accessibility to the press is absolutely incredible. No president in memory even approached Trump's level of interaction with reporters. Journalists of all types should be grateful. c-span.org/program/white-…


President Donald J. Trump departs Washington D.C. for a historic visit to China!

Trump on Iran War: Reporter: What extent are Americans’ financial situation motivating you to make a deal? Trump: Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation




How do you cover this? A previous president would have received wall to wall coverage for even one of these tweets. And yet Trump floods the zone and the media cannot and often will not cover the sheer extent of his insanity and indecency.

NEW: Interior Dept. staffers have raised questions about the quality and speed of the work being done to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, according to document seen by the NY Times. nytimes.com/2026/05/12/us/…

Price changes over last year (April CPI report) Fuel Oil: +54.3% Gasoline: +28.4% Electricity: +6.1% Transportation: +4.3% Apparel: +4.2% Overall CPI: +3.8% Food away from home: +3.6% Shelter: +3.3% Medical Care: +3.2% Gas Utilities: +3.0% Food at home: +2.9% New Cars: +0.2% Used Cars: -2.7%

There were around 30 attorneys in the DOJ’s Voting Section on the day of Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Three months later, all but two were gone. Now the election deniers are in control. wired.com/story/the-just…





