Breaking: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office says he will go to the floor later today “and ask for unanimous consent to pass the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying (PRESS) Act.” The bill already passed the House. Background here: www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/m... - ThreadSky

brianstelter.bsky.social • 89 days ago

Breaking: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office says he will go to the floor later today “and ask for unanimous consent to pass the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying (PRESS) Act.”

The bill already passed the House.

Background here: https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/media/trump-press-act-journalists-media-freedom/index.html

Comments

lesliead717.bsky.social•89 days ago

now why would Trump want to block this???

robfromlalaland.bsky.social•89 days ago

He’s a criminal, rude AF & lies like many devour a bag of popcorn (embarrassingly & often)

sherryll.bsky.social•88 days ago

That didn't work.

duerpress.com•89 days ago

Trump has been 100% clear that he will persecute journalists. This act must pass.

daveneste.bsky.social•89 days ago

As if the rapist and felon will obey it even it becomes law. Remember when SCOTUS gave the criminal blanket criminal immunity?

wasntme1.bsky.social•89 days ago

😡😡😡😡 someone should destroy him

queenofattolia.bsky.social•88 days ago

He will not be running this country. Leon paid for him lock stock and barrel to turn the US into an apartheid state. As 45 loves money above all else (except himself), he will comply to the best of his feeble abilities. Watch for it.

kerrycolorado.bsky.social•89 days ago

Great idea!

mesak.bsky.social•89 days ago

Are you feeling bad yet that ya’ll got trump elected? Or are you having fun with all of your “breaking news”?

reitaj.bsky.social•88 days ago

I'm impeaching Tennessee Senators to vote for this bill. I'm wasting my impeachment, again.

vickiecarey.bsky.social•88 days ago

Good!

revkurt1.bsky.social•88 days ago

Schumer needs to ditch filibuster and just get this passed. GOP is gonna do away with it anyway, once orange man tells them to.

chrisjustice01.bsky.social•89 days ago

Felon Trump wants to abuse power & people because Justice failed. 2024 Election needs Investigation, after Trump's 8yrs of election crimes w/ Russia.

forevertrueblue.bsky.social•89 days ago

We know he cheated

chrisjustice01.bsky.social•89 days ago

DOJ needs to hear it

patricklshan.bsky.social•89 days ago

I hope it fails

mangocats1.bsky.social•89 days ago

>The bill already passed the House.

This is the way.

ukraineman101.bsky.social•89 days ago

Does this mean we can snoop on Tucker Carlson’s Russia ties?

jimstory.bsky.social•88 days ago

Especially since Trump already did this very thing in his last administration

crazyheart007.bsky.social•89 days ago

Ridiculous we are here again.

corgimom24.bsky.social•89 days ago

GOP needs to grow a pair and stand up to trump and hold the line between right and wrong. Pass the bill

peteschwetty.bsky.social•89 days ago

Every journalist who enabled trump for all these years deserves ZERO protection

ecitizen1.bsky.social•89 days ago

A small but important step.

crankebastard.bsky.social•89 days ago

Holy hell this needs to pass.

carmelacruz.bsky.social•88 days ago

Trump has directed the Senate to “kill the bill”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/us/politics/trump-press-act-freedom-reporters.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ck4.BM-7.cu_tksAvgyam&smid=url-share

blc1962.bsky.social•88 days ago

And guess who won’t care, the Fox and Newsmax audiences which outnumber others. The bill is dead.

porcelinarr.bsky.social•88 days ago

Nice to know that he’s worried about being hindered by a law.

mayor-pete.bsky.social•88 days ago

Passing a new law sounds great, but what does it really mean if there is no enforcement behind it? If the Trump FBI or DOJ break this law, as happened during his previous administration, who holds those people accountable? We need to have more immediate consequences and less endless investigation.

kathyswords.bsky.social•89 days ago

📌

chussychu69haha.bsky.social•89 days ago

Based Trump???

blc1962.bsky.social•88 days ago

Define reporters….

petieg.bsky.social•89 days ago

Shit got Real… quick!

sharongt.bsky.social•89 days ago

and so it begins

brenda2024.bsky.social•88 days ago

Passing this bill would be great if “reporters” would just tell the truth about his lies.

truexted.bsky.social•89 days ago

Silly me. I thought the US spying on US citizens was illegal already.

thewhiteribbit.bsky.social•88 days ago

well, OF COURSE THEY KILL IT.

sierract60.bsky.social•89 days ago

What about the “No Kings Act”? That seems pretty important.

forevertrueblue.bsky.social•89 days ago

Do a silent vote

queenst.bsky.social•89 days ago

readers fyi - this is from 11/21

lgotnm.bsky.social•89 days ago

Yet the lame right wing podcasters won’t find any issue with this. Hypocrites

2charlotte45.bsky.social•89 days ago

I shocked it passed in the House

coffeedude82.bsky.social•88 days ago

SCOTUS already gave the president immunity while in office. Not to mention that Chump will do whatever he wants. It’s disgusting that he is above the law.

outofmanyone.bsky.social•89 days ago

That includes independent media as well, right!? 🤨

dicktofel.bsky.social•89 days ago

Everyone on the Hill knows he won’t get it. The question is whether he’ll clear room on the calendar to seek 60 votes. So far, unlikely.

patricklshan.bsky.social•89 days ago

I hope the PRESS Act dies.

kiragooddog.bsky.social•89 days ago

A real leader would keep the Senate in session over the weekends and holidays to get as much done as possible.

robfromlalaland.bsky.social•89 days ago

True!!! It’s LONG overdue time to put up legislation (started by the ppl) to reduce their healthcare benefits & their raises (unlike anything else in the country!) Changes should b coming asap, then again in 2 yrs! Who agrees?

mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social•89 days ago

. @dicktofel.bsky.social Schumer has been reported to include in NDAA. NOT holding our breath. We’re elling folks to call Schumer’s offices.

yarnlover.bsky.social•88 days ago

Surely GOP senators will block it to give Trump, whose boots they lick, what he wants.

bluegrassgal.bsky.social•89 days ago

I realize that our elected officials use strategic leaks and announcements to the press for any number of reasons, but if you know Trump wants this killed by the Senate, why give him a heads-up, advance to mercilessly bully until he gets his way.

albadawn.bsky.social•89 days ago

Exactly what I was thinking—and he was able to call a friend.

mamablue305.bsky.social•89 days ago

Insane that this bill needs to be introduced at all 😟

joshinma.bsky.social•88 days ago

Killed on Trump's orders.

strykie187.bsky.social•89 days ago

The trump system of government:::

browclops.bsky.social•89 days ago

Noooooo!! Don't take my childhood away too!

I know, just the messenger blah blah blah. But for fuck's sake, no trigger warning?

What's next? Trump Collective gonna rewrite the Preamble so I can't sing it anymore? School House Rock may be the last bastion of Goodness left in this world.

Shit.

strykie187.bsky.social•89 days ago

I hate to tell ya but there is no Santa either 😅

browclops.bsky.social•89 days ago

You owe me for one 55" monitor and whatever 20-30 stitches are gonna cost when they sew up my hand.

But you gained a follower, soooooooooooooo

✌️

strykie187.bsky.social•89 days ago

You shouldn't of done that, Santa is real 🎅
#IWasKidding 😅

browclops.bsky.social•88 days ago

I just sent Santa an Amendment claus, requesting a replacement monitor.

Because mine was damaged with the best of intentions (I intended to reach through the Internet and pop that bulbous head off), I expect you're off the hook.

For now.

brown-eyed-girl32.bsky.social•88 days ago

Yes there is…The Easter Bunny told me❗️😩

browclops.bsky.social•88 days ago

Solid data source. That's called Data Quality. High quality data is required in Science.

You just proved Santa is real, with Science.

I fucking love Bluesky.

brown-eyed-girl32.bsky.social•88 days ago

🤣🤙

virgoan.bsky.social•89 days ago

Sad, but true.

maizebluelaguna.bsky.social•89 days ago

Great!

maizebluelaguna.bsky.social•89 days ago

That’s Hreat!!!

retiredoldman.bsky.social•88 days ago

Republicans are for big government when it comes to civil liberties but small government when it comes
to Veterans, Seniors and disabled . Big on bullying and tiny on fairness and compassion.

brenda2024.bsky.social•88 days ago

And senior retirees on social security. I’m just saying. 🤷🏽‍♀️

retiredoldman.bsky.social•88 days ago

That is soooo true and it includes me

brenda2024.bsky.social•87 days ago

Me too.

badpuppy1492.bsky.social•88 days ago

I think they’re more circumstantial than that. They believe in what works best for them at the moment and in their current situation.

bdmax54.bsky.social•89 days ago

That’s because trump thinks that everyone does what he does.
Journalists don’t make things up like he does.
Journalists don’t lie in their reporting.
Journalists report what he says, or does.
Liars like him are the ones who need to be restrained.
He’s delusional and they all know he is.

mcfifenstein.bsky.social•88 days ago

I'm not sure state spying is what prevented the press from doing their jobs over the last several years.

CNN rolled over like an eager dog.

thiafin.bsky.social•88 days ago

Hold onto your seats folks, it's beginning to feel a lot like an Autocracy in America!

slowhorseslhr.bsky.social•88 days ago

Beginning??!!

thiafin.bsky.social•87 days ago

One person has not had absolute power in America before...but it is about to happen unless Congress gets it's head out of it's collective a$$.

reidmac1985.bsky.social•89 days ago

Why is chuck Schumer still minority leader? Dems would be smart to go with someone else, but I guess they prefer insanity.

theresareloveution.bsky.social•89 days ago

Chuck Schumer is majority leader until January 3.

reidmac1985.bsky.social•89 days ago

He was re-elected on 12/3/2024. This is the first huge mistake by the Democrats imo. Already making sure our hopes remain dismally low.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/03/congress/senate-democrats-schumer-durbin-klobuchar-booker-leadership-minority-00192324

johnny-james.bsky.social•88 days ago

Any update on this from the Senate?

sherryll.bsky.social•88 days ago

It was blocked. Tom Cotton said journalists would be able to get away with everything.

beth7d.bsky.social•89 days ago

Fucking asshole!

jellyfrog23.bsky.social•89 days ago

"That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments."

It'll be interesting to see if any Senators declare for despotism.

irishrock.bsky.social•89 days ago

Orange traitor is the most despicable human.

michaelwild.bsky.social•89 days ago

He demands. We laugh at the fool

sile7.bsky.social•89 days ago

So why hasn’t it already gone through senate approval?

karlovski.bsky.social•89 days ago

We can't let Trump beat us now. We've gotta protect freedom of the press, our education, our Social Security, our Medicare.

xhaustedbyx.bsky.social•88 days ago

“Trump demands”? How did this bill pass the house? Usually wee Johnson heeds all “demands”. Big t slipping?? Just wishful thinking I guess.

ella-ca.bsky.social•89 days ago

After journalists shit talked the man for 4 years… nice

lavnc.bsky.social•88 days ago

Amazing we have to pass a bill to protect reporters. Those in the GOP, right wing, this bill will also protect your people pushing conspiracy theories.

theodoraeliza.bsky.social•88 days ago

Elected Creature is Looney with list of unethical subjects against so many!

sherriec.bsky.social•89 days ago

Trump is above the law. Laws do not matter. SCOTUS gave him immunity.

shari92.bsky.social•89 days ago

The court is suppose to base all of it's decisions on the constitution. No where does it give the president this kind of freedom. If our forefathers had meant that we would have had a monarchy rather than a republic.

eaglesgirl.bsky.social•88 days ago

There’s no way that’s going to pass

mountainparrot57.bsky.social•89 days ago

Authoritarian playbook in plain sight. Surveil, then prosecute into silence.

killercop1984.bsky.social•89 days ago

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. "
https://rumble.com/v5ozw6n-lapd-pays-news-reporters-to-all-say-bounty-on-tv-to-silence-a-critic..html

killercop1984.bsky.social•89 days ago

The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie.
https://rumble.com/v5obkkz-he-said-threatening-federal-officals-twice.html

killercop1984.bsky.social•89 days ago

It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”

https://rumble.com/v5obp78-badges-we-dont-need-any-sticking-badges.html

mickiemac.bsky.social•88 days ago

Thanks for sharing

btswanfury.bsky.social•89 days ago

His neck wattle looks even more like a vagina than normal. I assume because he didn't apply bronzer to the inside folds.

brianhansbury.bsky.social•88 days ago

Call Tom Cotton all day today. It does not matter if you are not his constituent. His hate for a functioning free press and government accountability must not stand. https://youtube.com/shorts/EwHKcVFF75g?si=e2EqptaYlKhjN2pV

sherryll.bsky.social•88 days ago

Plus Trump told him to block the bill, which he did.

tilberian.bsky.social•88 days ago

The "Laws Are Going to Prevent Trump from Doing Stuff" theory is right up there with the Flat Earth theory these days

spqesq.bsky.social•88 days ago

They're adorable, aren't they?

tilberian.bsky.social•88 days ago

Perhaps if the law is read out with a very stern face...

erincowgill.bsky.social•89 days ago

Great. When will he go to the floor to ask unanimous consent to obey the US Constitution and ask for a vote of 2/3rds to override section 3 of the 14th amendment?

ohitsthatone.bsky.social•89 days ago

Nice that I'm not the only one noticing the bloated fetid elephant in the room. I just posted this because what in the actual F is wrong with everyone?

https://open.substack.com/pub/paulperson/p/the-constitution-says-that-trump

sueromulus.bsky.social•89 days ago

Our system is set up so that a tiny Republican Fraternity Club of Senators can vote to aquit, so that any rebellion and insurrection brought forth by a lame duck president will no longer count as a disqualification. Needs 2/3rds guilty votes from the Senate to convict. It's a fucked up system.

forevertrueblue.bsky.social•89 days ago

They deny he was involved, but yet he was charged

erincowgill.bsky.social•89 days ago

I can’t actually believe it. It’s sacred.

ofjacob.bsky.social•89 days ago

sierra0505.bsky.social•89 days ago

Spy on journalists? No, that's not authoritarian at all......

rational1.bsky.social•89 days ago

Go for it

ctbadger.bsky.social•88 days ago

BREAKING: He won't get it. America's Dumbest Senator will object.

interestoholic.bsky.social•88 days ago

Let me guess:
Tommy Tuberville? ;-)

ctbadger.bsky.social•88 days ago

rusty94582.bsky.social•89 days ago

So Mitch wants at least a little, tiny bit of Democracy to remain?

Never saw that coming.

itsmefad.bsky.social•89 days ago

Mitch must be dying and he is having a crisis of conscious.

mangocats1.bsky.social•89 days ago

To be fair, Mitch hasn't kissed the ring. He's his own special brand of bent and definitely on the same side of the aisle, but he stands up against things like insurrections.

parkerdw.bsky.social•89 days ago

He’s having an Atwater moment: deathbed repentance, feeling the flames of Hades on his backside. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Atwater

cona9705.bsky.social•89 days ago

About time to grow a spine!

ladonna53.bsky.social•89 days ago

So like journalist will b spied on ? Usually they are an open book. LOL I couldn't resist

bobstranix.bsky.social•89 days ago

Did somebody wake chuck up? As far as I'm concerned, he's been in hibernation the past year. Time for some new younger aggressive dems to take on the fight that lies ahead.

forevertrueblue.bsky.social•89 days ago

Experience rules

crisscrossdude.bsky.social•89 days ago

Couple things. All legislation has to pass both houses, zero came out of the house. You remember when tuberville blocked 400 military promotions? Takes a while to catch up. You remember how manchin and Sinema both nailed the party? Look up how many federal judges have been confirmed

psychichealerc.bsky.social•89 days ago

📌

bobstranix.bsky.social•89 days ago

Some fair points. I know he was in a tough position, as you pointed out, but still don't think he was assertive enough, in general, and still believe a change in the 'attitude' of the party is needed. Just my opinion.

crisscrossdude.bsky.social•89 days ago

Totally fair, if we are to throw shade for inaction, let’s pile on Garland. Schumer has to move mountains with a spoon and concrete shoes; it’s the system

bobstranix.bsky.social•89 days ago

Couldn’t agree more about Garland. In my mind, all he did was provide cover for Trump. A disastrous appointment by Biden.

crisscrossdude.bsky.social•89 days ago

Out of curiosity, what’s your top 3 to take schumer’s spot?

hunnybun100.bsky.social•89 days ago

Yes and politics has a performative aspect that Schumer and his type never seem to understand

saneplanet.bsky.social•89 days ago

Oh, yay...this ONLY goes as far as execs will allow. When someone whispers in David Frum's ear not to say anything negative about FUX, what good does this do?

oldliberalfart.bsky.social•89 days ago

Trump 'demands'? The dictator has spoken!

cawr57.bsky.social•89 days ago

Oh and...

cawr57.bsky.social•89 days ago

Seems ashame that even though we have the 1st amendment protection...freedom of the press,... we have to actually pass additional legal protections because the constitution is being ignored by the 🍊🤡 and his circus.

ritapassal.bsky.social•89 days ago

The press is getting what it deserves for helping him.

atlasomnicorp.com•89 days ago

He's already demanded the journalists be killed, so no surprise there

czarmikhail.bsky.social•88 days ago

In Senate authorization for Senate passage Chuck Schumer request immediate vote on floor.
Get to President Biden for signature today.
Joe Sign today.
Reserve 1.

czarmikhail.bsky.social•89 days ago

Violation of US Constitution.
Free press is in constitution.
Donald wants to spy on journalists.
He will anyway.

lyuber.bsky.social•89 days ago

Ronan Farrow knows a few things about that. His film "Surveiled" gives us a taste of things to come

buddylove81.bsky.social•88 days ago

I appreciate the effort but the Supreme Court gave a life long compulsive criminal a green light to break any law he wants, we need to change our thinking