The White House Correspondents’ Association said it fired host Amber Ruffin so it can instead focus the dinner on celebrating the First Amendment. Which apparently can be done best by preventing a gay black woman from speaking. - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

stevehofstetter.bsky.social • 2 days ago

The White House Correspondents’ Association said it fired host Amber Ruffin so it can instead focus the dinner on celebrating the First Amendment.

Which apparently can be done best by preventing a gay black woman from speaking.

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stevehofstetter.bsky.social•2 days ago

This will only be the third time in over 40 years that the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner will not be hosted by a comedian. But for those who are expecting jokes, don't worry - the White House Correspondents’ Association is filled with them.

mickey8255.bsky.social•2 days ago

Cha-Ching! lol you win the prize 🏆 of the day! Hahaha

icenineninja.bsky.social•2 days ago

I’m shocked it’s even happening with much attendance.

Humans crave normal and the insidiously craven have assured us that ain’t happening.

What more do we need??

A POTUS in a nat’l address from Oval screaming at SCOTUS, then flipping two birds, and saying he’ll downsize the court to 5 or 3?

kavid.bsky.social•2 days ago

Amber Ruffin should get a good outdoor portable stage and sound system, give the speech she was going to make in front of the White House, invite a bunch of journalists and celebrities, and let it blow the f up on social. @amberruffin.bsky.social (if this is really you) - what do you say?

jw1958.bsky.social•2 days ago

But can the corespondents tell jokes while fellating regime apparatchiks?

hmodell.bsky.social•2 days ago

They could get Dennis Miller, the completely unfunny MAGA comedian. That would make their masters in the White House very happy, no doubt.

wacamongus.bsky.social•2 days ago

I hear it's going to be a musical this year.

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chaiah.bsky.social•2 days ago

I just sent this to them via their site. Feel free to use, if you’d like. https://whca.press/contact/?gf_protect_submission=1

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spincreep.bsky.social•2 days ago

louder Louder LOUDER

chaiah.bsky.social•2 days ago

So, they caved. I’m so ashamed.

pilargomez.bsky.social•2 days ago

Nazis don’t like jokes

wampwamp.bsky.social•2 days ago

And another golden oldie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsu80OG3R20

wampwamp.bsky.social•2 days ago

Nazi Humor: Knock knock
Who's there!
VE VILL ASK DE QUESTIONS!

pattydl.bsky.social•2 days ago

Jokers and clowns.

fresnel.bsky.social•2 days ago

I feel like they became the joke when they did zero protest when the AP got booted and that was the sole purpose of their founding.

gerri-kay.bsky.social•2 days ago

And they were also silent when the White House expanded on their AP ban by announcing they would control which news outfits were allowed to attend WH press conferences and events from now on - and not the WH Correspondents Association.

popezebbidiexii.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wonder how many seminars they've attended on leadership and how much they've congratulated themselves for that leadership?

emnreviews.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm not crying any tears for the AP after:

"Some Tesla owners have also reported their vehicles vandalized with spray painted swastikas amid what Jewish groups and observers fear is a rise in antisemitism."

They are relying on a study from 2023 survey to make that claim of increased antisemitism.

madksd.bsky.social•2 days ago

Jews need to separate antisemitism and bibi. Support of Gaza is not antisemitic. So does everyone else.

globalinterest.bsky.social•2 days ago

Agree, Netanyahu has a skin as thin as Trump.

madksd.bsky.social•2 days ago

And as corrupt.

paulabaumann68.bsky.social•2 days ago

He running from a prison sentence just like trump was.

jhchrist.bsky.social•2 days ago

Even though we've learned Bibi is Elon's "daddy-friend-uncle," the swastikas on Elon's KKKars are not about Jewish discrimination, they're about NAZI discrimination.

Anyone who doesn't discriminate against NAZIS is, indeed, an anti-Semite, if history is a guide.
https://www.instagram.com/rudol9h/reel/DHjLkBgoNaJ/

nickforbrains.bsky.social•2 days ago

Every time I say something against Bibi I get called out as an antisemite. I truly don’t believe I am. It’s like, I can’t criticize a guy’s fascism around here?

popezebbidiexii.bsky.social•2 days ago

I just ignore that and concentrate on the cruelty, the torture, the mass murder of children. They don't seem to have a good answer

srednieel.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah, I guess the AP didn't figure on people spray painting swastikas on Teslas because Elon Musk is a Big Fat Nazi or anything.

emnreviews.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm not sure I take your meaning. I'm probably misreading it, so I'll try to clarify what I was saying:

On 2 March 2025, the AP released an article with the section I quoted above.

I find it incredible that a study from 2023 would be used to justify intimating a swastika on a Tesla equates to

emnreviews.bsky.social•2 days ago

antisemitism.

Additionally, they did not conduct the study. The study was conducted by the American Jewish Committee, around 7 Oct 23.

The study focused on sentiment for the year prior, so 2022-2023.

It's shitty reporting to rely on an unrelated study to make a claim. Especially a hate-based one.

wookieerichter.bsky.social•2 days ago

So you are only for freedom of speech and press freedom if the outlet suits your political taste? You must feel very much at home in Trump's new world order.

emnreviews.bsky.social•2 days ago

Did you read the article? Or the posts after this one?

I suppose asking that people look at the links they're given in the posts I make is too much to ask. But you could at least look for further discussion before making asinine comments.

It's the shitty reporting I have a problem with. 👇

wookieerichter.bsky.social•2 days ago

You are completely missing the point.

If you agree with AP being removed from the White House because you disagree with their reporting, you do what Trump does. And it is irrelevant whether your criticism is "correct" or not.

mommat-4b.bsky.social•1 day ago

Protest protest protest!

mrmorbid.bsky.social•1 day ago

But, but, but I thought Elon legalized comedy 🤷‍♂️

https://youtu.be/evZ-MxhiwZE

tinajpnw.bsky.social•2 days ago

The saddest thing is that it will not hurt attendance a bit.

They will all go. They will all pretend this is perfectly normal.

It is what they have been doing with all things related to trump anyway.

joepaul17.bsky.social•2 days ago

That's messed up 😔

4everhappy.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’ll morph into a “Dier Leader” event. Absolutely should be boycotted. Fire cannot burn without oxygen. Don’t give them any.

vanlighet.bsky.social•2 days ago

Whatever happened to The Capitol Steps troupe? Anyone know? God I could really use their humor right about now.

farley1226.bsky.social•2 days ago

They stopped performing in 2020. https://www.capsteps.com/

vanlighet.bsky.social•2 days ago

What a shame 😢
You’d think they could get the band back together in the best interest of the nation.

momma1bear.bsky.social•2 days ago

The time is now for a reboot. America needs this.

hey.rupert.murdochbait.click•2 days ago

Rename the WHCA.

bitshammer.bsky.social•2 days ago

I mean when you abbreviate it like that I end up pronouncing it as "wakka"

hey.rupert.murdochbait.click•2 days ago

#WHCA mole

furgiuele.bsky.social•2 days ago

I assume Schumer and Gillibrand will be there?

misshuston.bsky.social•2 days ago

Probably. Neither of them is funny at all.

furgiuele.bsky.social•1 day ago

Too kind.

misshuston.bsky.social•1 day ago

Gillibrand most of the time is just invisible, so there's not much you can make of her. But Schumer should be roasted like hell at the Correspondence Dinner. Or whatever event competes with it.

hey.rupert.murdochbait.click•2 days ago

A Collaborators' Association would be a broad church, from Susan Collins to Chuck Schumer and many Democrats.

Nominate your favorites for senior officers now.

furgiuele.bsky.social•2 days ago

Tough one. Zuck and Bezos, certainly.

hey.rupert.murdochbait.click•2 days ago

Big Law should do pro bono work too.

mikebroderick33.bsky.social•1 day ago

👍

rosieogrady53.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nothing has been funny since 2016 anyway.
WH Correspondents' Assoc needed to stop this farce then.

Don't they realize what fools they make of themselves since they've allowed the GOP to destroy their credibility?
And this year, this WH will celebrate that victory.
Damn FOOLS!

stevehofstetter.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thanks for sharing, @karaswisher.bsky.social! Much appreciated.

psychicpestcontrol.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah Kara, and thanks for your softball coverage of Elon during his entire ascension to power as he violated state labor and health laws and greased every politician at the trough in Silicon Valley. Looking for your next autobiography about how you bravely hold power to account, you soulless hack.

becklet13.bsky.social•1 day ago

Don't be an asshole.

psychicpestcontrol.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://techwontsave.us/episode/215_kara_swisher_shows_tech_journalisms_flaws_w_edward_ongweso_jr

psychicpestcontrol.bsky.social•1 day ago

Don’t be a rube, dipshit.

psychicpestcontrol.bsky.social•1 day ago

So you’re a Musk fan? You and your ketameanie can both fuck off to Mars.

theletterten.gay•1 day ago

Fuck that.

Be an asshole towards her and everyone else like her.

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pedro45fan.bsky.social•1 day ago

They're not wrong though.

gotdiva.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/gotdiva.bsky.social/post/3lljynxkla22f

numb.comfortab.ly•2 days ago

WHCA dinner will be filled with praises sang to the dear leader. It's going to suck so badly.

kevinmac27.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Obama/Trump moment is legendary. Sometimes the comedy was cringemaking tho tbh.

"..filled with praises sang to the dear leader". If that is the case, then that would be shameful. Sounds unlikely though. Unlike most things in politics, this is verifiable. Let's see.

kristinemarie67.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

smet1.bsky.social•2 days ago

Definitely not watching

numb.comfortab.ly•2 days ago

Yeah this https://bsky.app/profile/mtsw.bsky.social/post/3llm2knkvnk2g

countrymarxist.bsky.social•2 days ago

White House Collaborators Association

angelalove101.bsky.social•2 days ago

Noone with a shred.of decency should attend!

suffraga.bsky.social•2 days ago

Musk shipped robots to DC just in time.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tesla-robots-visit-capitol-hill-amid-anti-doge-protests-attacks-elon-musks-dealerships

cldakalc.bsky.social•2 days ago

Might as well go for broke and invite Kim Jun Un to make a guest appearance, along with his rocket launcher, to take out any journalists who might be speaking their minds

fatmadt.bsky.social•2 days ago

Fuck trump.
I was excited for Amber when she announced the hosting gig during one of her 'Amber says what' skit on Seth Meyers' show. Fuck trump.

jamesjdominguez.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wonder if he has a problem with confident, outspoken black women...?

fatmadt.bsky.social•2 days ago

As long as Michelle Wolf doesn't critique his makeup techniques....

jamesjdominguez.bsky.social•2 days ago

Maybe he's born with it, maybe it's Dorito dust.

robertwalter.bsky.social•2 days ago

She was one of the best ever.

seatown4me.bsky.social•2 days ago

Or Vance’s.

fatmadt.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sara was going for the 'smokey' look whereas Vance style is more 'foggy'.

lonelymule.bsky.social•2 days ago

That and the felon doesn't like jokes about him.

wbeedee.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤣🤣🤣

luckymaker.bsky.social•2 days ago

There's no bigger joke than this regime, and the people in positions of influence who capitulate to it 🙃

jrwilk.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well somebody's got to make jokes. Maybe Elon will step up.

alawless.bsky.social•1 day ago

You forced me to do the research, only to find out:Trump is the only president never to attend even one. The one time he “considered” attending was 2019, when there was not a comedian host.

qp-iain.bsky.social•2 days ago

Surely you mean the White House is filled with them

sheilaboyd.bsky.social•2 days ago

Will it be shown on RT this year since they’re a part of the WH press pool now?

alex21.bsky.social•1 day ago

I got added to a highly classified military intelligence group chat.. What should I do?

momma1bear.bsky.social•2 days ago

Steve? Do you have some spare time the last Sunday in April?
https://bsky.app/profile/momma1bear.bsky.social/post/3llkdzqpq2k2o

ccwfc.bsky.social•2 days ago

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alikat747.bsky.social•2 days ago

Nailed it. If anything has become a joke in this deadly administration, it is definitely the WHCA!

madisonfly.bsky.social•2 days ago

Everyone attending is a joke and coward.

remonalisa.bsky.social•2 days ago

This comment alone is worth a follow.

wampwamp.bsky.social•2 days ago

Stephen Miller will be the comedian for the night, with his famous humor and stand up one-liners.

aarwalk.bsky.social•2 days ago

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Stephen Miller. I’m angry impotent nazi.

stephen1958.bsky.social•2 days ago

Also.
It’s the inaugural ‘International Donald Trump Jokes Day’

watsonk.bsky.social•1 day ago

I won’t be watching

m5454.bsky.social•2 days ago

Might be time to can it until there is a less thin skinned white house occupant

nkarma.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well, considering the primary occupant of the White House has no sense of humor, that checks.

bracing.bsky.social•2 days ago

OBEYING IN ADVANCE.

heidiheidilim.bsky.social•1 day ago

A sign this is dark times

tiredoffighting20.bsky.social•2 days ago

Except none of them are funny

davidwoods76.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well…I have a suggestion…if it’s not been suggested yet…Jeffery Goldberg would be interesting…don’t ya think…👊🇺🇸🔥

aliadair22.bsky.social•2 days ago

They should cancel it since during the thin-skinned Trump’s first term it was largely unfunny since he refused to participate.

Fascism just isn’t funny, oddly.

surlymc.bsky.social•2 days ago

He’s so completely un-funny!! That’s how I know I’m in the right party. GOP is joyless. Oh, and he already said he wouldn’t be there anyway.

dutchbert.bsky.social•2 days ago

You are right fascism is very odd indeed, not funny at all.

collumbo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Any journalist worth their salt will boycott- so full house on the night

anodized.bsky.social•2 days ago

fempowerhouse.bsky.social•2 days ago

Amber Ruffin should give her speech online anyway! It would probably get a lot of attention because she’s really funny. #AmberRuffin

copernicussees.bsky.social•2 days ago

Anyone who attends this dinner is a fucking traitor.

I contribute my two votes to watching Amber instead.

surlymc.bsky.social•2 days ago

Someone in a different thread suggested @amberruffin.bsky.social @stephencolbert.bsky.social & Jon Stewart @thedailyshow.com get a fundraising show going the same night as the Correspondents’ dinner in support of the first amendment 🥰❤️👏🏼 Get @billburrr.bsky.social and @guster.bsky.social there, too!

fempowerhouse.bsky.social•2 days ago

I like that idea too. Just want to hear Amber Ruffin skewer the clowns! I would add Chelsea Handler, Leslie Jones, Wanda Sykes, Kate McKinnon & Margaret Cho for a night of epic roasts and diabolical laughter.

momma1bear.bsky.social•2 days ago

Please RT to help build momentum for this.

https://bsky.app/profile/momma1bear.bsky.social/post/3llkdzqpq2k2o

smiledaydream.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly and obviously. We can all watch her instead of watching the dinner.

What are they going to give award for? Not offending a fascist? Pretending fascism doesn’t exist? Avoiding the truth when it’s inconvenient?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amber-ruffin-white-house-correspondents-dinner/

bobbyboy1224.bsky.social•2 days ago

Eugene Daniels is a f*ckin embarrassment.

kycolonelclark.bsky.social•2 days ago

Maddening! 😡🤬😡🤬

jeanabean531.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hypocrisy comes naturally to them

whunterknight.bsky.social•2 days ago

How about they focus on growing a spine and standing up for AP?

carriesweet.bsky.social•2 days ago

The First Amendment is now Praise Trump Or Else

gebrady8.bsky.social•2 days ago

The First Amendment is certainly being tested. The jailing of Gaza protestors is chilling. 1930s Germany people!

benbennybee.bsky.social•2 days ago

Amber should be given a different platform to give her performance! I’d watch! No fucking way am I subjecting myself to pathetic fluffers stroking that fetid ball sac of putin.

madamedefarge2a.bsky.social•1 day ago

I've just heard of Amber and I'm going to support her everywhere. She should have a Max Special the same night as that old, dusty, dinner. You can't poke fun at either of our Presidents without risk of El Salvador prison so how much fun can it possibly be?

momma1bear.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm trying to make that happen. Please RT.

https://bsky.app/profile/momma1bear.bsky.social/post/3llkdzqpq2k2o

lotharsson.bsky.social•2 days ago

Cue Streisand Effect in

3...

2...

1...

cwnidog.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’d amend to “a gay, black woman who’s critical of the regime and its thin-skinned Caudillo”.

robcarver.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'd omit "a gay, black woman." This is just pure color-and-gender-blind cowardice on the part of the WHCA.

jewel27707.bsky.social•2 days ago

Can't make this crap
up 🤦🏻‍♀️

jds76.bsky.social•2 days ago

At least she didn’t quit in protest ! She stood her ground. And this dinner is the most embarrassing thing the press does all year. And theres a big list to compete with. She is saved. Let’s all buy a ticket to her next show.

ggvotesblue.bsky.social•2 days ago

Celebrating the death of the First Amendment.

blonde62.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you I won’t be watching

baileygalbreit.bsky.social•1 day ago

Amber says WHAT?

sunnydazehaze.bsky.social•2 days ago

Surprised they didn’t hire the J6 Choir.

mcmonterey.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes. They are all out of jail and know where DC is! They are NOT funny, however and Nerd Prom was intended to be break from the seriousness of politics and a Roast of the current administration. So many comedians have suffered from taking the job and becoming road kill for the new ‘conservatives’

charleybrown.bsky.social•2 days ago

They have no idea what the First Amendment even means.

diamondaries.bsky.social•2 days ago

They don't know what Woke means either yet they incessantly continue to use it. If they REALLY knew, they'd gag. Fucking idiots

dgschulte.bsky.social•1 day ago

🙄🙄🙄

berncomar.bsky.social•2 days ago

However - it’s very misleading to say they don’t want a black gay host. In fact, the Association doesn’t want ANY comedians because they don’t think there’s ANYTHING funny about journalism being under attack in today’s political environment. They want to honor journalists. I think it’s appropriate.

njhm100.bsky.social•2 days ago

They DID want a comedian until Trump complained. That's the issue, that they changed their decision to appease Trump.

jefedelosgatos.bsky.social•2 days ago

The host comedians at the #WHCA were all comics (superbly) engaging in political humor, akin to newspapers’ political cartoonists – a legitimate and cherished part of news, political debate & journalistic excellence.

The WHCA kowtowing in this milksop fashion is a journalistic abomination.

berncomar.bsky.social•2 days ago

However it’s perfectly fine to take a different approach. They have comedy every year. Where’s the outrage coming from? Maybe the point they’re trying to make is better amplified by disrupting the status quo and not saying it’s business as usual. Nothing wrong with that.

mickeg.bsky.social•2 days ago

Nothing they have done demonstrates they care about disrupting the status quo. They’re perfectly happy with the AP being kicked out of the pool. They just want to appease the current regime.

berncomar.bsky.social•2 days ago

I’ll agree… in fact, I do agree they can be much more aggressive. But they’re not politicians.

I’d love to see all media walk out of the press room but Trump would fill the place with sycophants.

mickeg.bsky.social•2 days ago

Then the actual journalists could go out of the WH briefing room and see what’s happening outside their bubble.

mirandatheb.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oh yeah, and then there's the current assault on journalists and journalism. Ammendment to my statement above!

berncomar.bsky.social•2 days ago

I’m just saying comedy isn’t the mission of the White House Press Association. The Friars Club has a different mission. The entertainment is only entertainment. If your complaint is that you want a more forceful media to call out Trump, I’m 109% for that. I simply don’t want to mix up two issues.

mirandatheb.bsky.social•2 days ago

I think it bugs because they fired someone who had been given the gig. In addition the demographics attached to the highly esteemed fired person dovetail suspicious well with the administration's evident bigotry.

berncomar.bsky.social•2 days ago

She’s not going anywhere. I bet she’ll be hired again. She’s great.

sharronrocks.bsky.social•2 days ago

They should cancel the whole thing then. They are terrified of repercussions by the occupant of the very White House. This is not the kind of recognition journalism needs

berncomar.bsky.social•2 days ago

We don’t know that for sure. What we do know is that they’re taking the carnage from this administration more seriously. It might not yield the results you want, but journalism isn’t the opinion column. They can’t just come out and say, “we’re not objective.”

alistairoliver.bsky.social•2 days ago

Also, a large part of journalism *is* opinion columns, especially in Washington; media objectivity is an impossible myth, and being "unbiased" doesn't mean tolerating or ignoring evil/nonsense.

alistairoliver.bsky.social•2 days ago

Regarding your weird, desperate unsubstantiated apologetics, in your own words: "we don't know that for sure".

shawnwebster69.bsky.social•2 days ago

The WHCD has been a Roast for years and years. Journalists are too fragile these days? Nope. Just the president.

berncomar.bsky.social•2 days ago

With all due respect, they didn’t have Trump at any previous dinners. These are serious times & I’d be surprised if the speakers didn’t make a show out of how the press are being vilified by the White House. That message would only be seen as the height of hypocrisy if they also teased Trump.

nancy1997.bsky.social•1 day ago

Maybe they should think what their role was in giving us dictator trump!

mickeg.bsky.social•2 days ago

Dear White House Correspondents:

You don’t have to appease Trump

doomerhermit.bsky.social•2 days ago

I did not know Amber was gay, but that aside I suspect it is because she might do "Amber says "say what?"" and cut them to ribbons. Powerful, outspoken, intelligent women scare the hell out of them and Amber is all of that plus black and gay. Might as well dump a bucket of black widows on them.

bobhartley.bsky.social•2 days ago

She’s married to a Dutch white guy.

https://news.amomama.com/301294-amber-ruffins-husband-jan-schiltmeijer-m.html

doomerhermit.bsky.social•2 days ago

So where did this notion of her being gay come from? I don't care if she is or is not, she is a treasure, but i do not want to mislabel people.

audaciousness.bsky.social•2 days ago

Amber is the source, and her ex-husband wouldn't be evidence even if they were still married (divorced December 2023).

https://variety.com/2024/scene/news/amber-ruffin-comes-out-pride-1236057726/

doomerhermit.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ah, she got married before she came out ok, that makes sense. I do not follow celebrities lives, so I am oft clueless about them.

copernicussees.bsky.social•2 days ago

They are completely fucking adorable.

audaciousness.bsky.social•2 days ago

Gay women can (and many do) marry men. Especially when gay is considered an umbrella term that includes bi/pan.

Also, she herself came out as “queer” and they divorced, according to NBC at least:

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/former-late-night-host-amber-ruffin-comes-last-day-pride-month-rcna159719

153immigrants.bsky.social•2 days ago

They divorced in 2023. She came out later that year.

drcjp8.bsky.social•2 days ago

The irony.

one-ill.bsky.social•2 days ago

What a bunch of cowards.
Cancel the stupid dinner, not the host.

donotfear.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fuck em ‘ they don’t deserve her. Let em’ bring Kid Rock in to replace her .

amymoore.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://open.substack.com/pub/amymoore50/p/a-return-to-intolerance-how-dei-abolishment?r=3upaa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

starlightshelling.bsky.social•2 days ago

The one they are gutting?

lmkess.bsky.social•2 days ago

I’m glad that @amberruffin.bsky.social doesn’t have to waste her immense talent on that stupid dinner! She’s too good for that. That being said, I can’t wait to see what she says on Late Night this week!

sigmondfloyd.bsky.social•2 days ago

Guys. Things. Have been. Crazy.

danpaul.bsky.social•2 days ago

This issue turned out votes for Trump.

scottinclearh2o.bsky.social•2 days ago

Called it. The "journalists" can't be trusted. https://bsky.app/profile/scottinclearh2o.bsky.social/post/3lbu62t64h22i

organicfarm.bsky.social•2 days ago

What?!

paresisting.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is so effed up. They think we are stupid

jfreddmuggs.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well about 1/2 the US adult population can't read at or above a 6th grade level, so I wouldn't say stupid exactly, lets just say profoundly ignorant and or ill educated and there you have their target audience.

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thadmessenger.bsky.social•2 days ago

🫠

arcluganoch.bsky.social•2 days ago

We've moved! ....to 1933.

Sincerely, The Herrenrasse House Correspondents’ Association

neevenoodle.bsky.social•2 days ago

Which part of the 1st will they focus on? How your visa can be revoked by writing a op-ed in your school newspaper that they don’t like? How about, protesting will also get you deported? They are the joke at the correspondents dinner.

t-penn.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Or disappeared to gitmo for throwing a rock at a Tesla because now you're a "domestic terrorist." But smash through windows, doors and cops to break into the Capitol and you're a patriot, I guess?

anne-riley.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think the WHCA is really afraid they won't get access to the First Felon who lies all the time so they can sell stories that aren't true. The loss of the fourth estate is a huge loss for our country.

gerrycohen.bsky.social•1 day ago

Catastrophic loss…

ebattermann.bsky.social•2 days ago

#trumplethinskin can't take the heat

dutchdogdad.bsky.social•2 days ago

Bend the knee.

real-voices.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sad day for us all.

tessadk.bsky.social•2 days ago

SHAME. ON. US.

xyzpoly.bsky.social•2 days ago

leftcoastgin.bsky.social•2 days ago

This needs more background.

missterri2.bsky.social•1 day ago

That’s their loss. She’s too good to be associated with Trump regime.

rvtinkertraveler.bsky.social•2 days ago

"the group’s board had unanimously decided to no longer feature a comedic performance"

Understandable when you're already a laughing stock.

If attendance is anything over zero, I'm not sure we'll ever learn how to stand up and be counted by these bozos.

millenialsnark.bsky.social•2 days ago

It'll be maga donors and YouTube losers with red hats. "Oh the real news will be here".

jaci55.bsky.social•2 days ago

How many correspondents will boycott the dinner this year?

globalinterest.bsky.social•2 days ago

They won’t, they need the jobs and access. It’s like blackmail.

candyengland.bsky.social•2 days ago

So. Celebrating the First Amendment… by shutting down the First Amendment. Sounds very Trumpy.

fms2000.bsky.social•2 days ago

You got this from things Seth can't say. The other woman's gay.

fms2000.bsky.social•2 days ago

Amber should just do what she had planned on her show or ask Seth to give her an hour.

gerri-kay.bsky.social•2 days ago

If only she could headline a fundraiser for Ukraine, a legal defense fund, or another cause at the same time as the dinner, to give people a more interesting & worthwhile option.

abbysomeone1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Overheard

semeeh.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Can I overhear an overheard?

momma1bear.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm trying to make that happen. Please RT.

https://bsky.app/profile/momma1bear.bsky.social/post/3llkdzqpq2k2o

andersoncheri.bsky.social•2 days ago

Appalling.

okiefrommuskogee.bsky.social•2 days ago

And kidnapping people on the street for social media posts

katboohoo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Celebrating the first amendment while people are being disappeared for using their first amendment rights is weird.

go4gillman.bsky.social•1 day ago

First amendment for rich whities, none for anyone else.

Don’t engage with this Wayne bot/troll. Hit that bitch with a quick block and keep the convo moving.

katboohoo.bsky.social•1 day ago

They can first amendment into the void, I'm not the government.

bizzayb.bsky.social•1 day ago

Double-Speak

War is Peace.
Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strength.

looseends131.bsky.social•2 days ago

BOYCOTT…

elderingram.bsky.social•2 days ago

Which means they want to turn it into a bootlicking event for the Orange Foolius.

chuckfassi.bsky.social•2 days ago

How can you fire someone who does not work for you. It like calling a plumber and before he gets their you call to say your fired. He still has a job he now just doesn't have to do any work for an Asshole!

sleeplessinamerica.bsky.social•2 days ago

But he should still charge a cancellation fee. Maybe you'll think twice next time.

everyripple.bsky.social•2 days ago

Why not focus the White House Correspondent’s dinner on the 14th Amendment Section 3 which define’s Trump as a traitor (for inciting insurrection) and rules him ineligible to hold ANY public office, presidency included. As Trump is constitutionally ineligible to be president, he can’t be immune.

gimmecofferplz.bsky.social•2 days ago

tRump is getting his revenge...
He's still butthurt from being mocked by Pres. Obama and Seth Meyers

sueboothompson.bsky.social•2 days ago

Because she said she wasn’t going to pull any punches.

markfford.bsky.social•2 days ago

*burying the First Amendment

There, I fixed it for them.

dreadpiraterob.bsky.social•2 days ago

The WHCA is as bad as Skadden, Arps and Paul, Weiss. Toadying lickspittles cozying up to fascists for preferential treatment. Never forget.

nocure4curiosity.bsky.social•2 days ago

Watching media stars celebrate the 1st Amendment after they've all capitulated to fascism is like watching reruns of the Cosby Show.

briguy71.bsky.social•2 days ago

When yhe press starts bowing to the whims of a dictator, it's all but over.

bobbisun.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is the problem with corporate owned media. It is their owners who pressure the journalists to cave.

robynhoode33.bsky.social•1 day ago

No. it isn't. We have plenty of journalists on social media who are getting the word out. The difference between now and earlier eras is it's much harder to shut everyone up. News is lightning fast at getting out in todays world.

bridgigirl.bsky.social•2 days ago

Don’t attend, isn’t that what trump did for 4 years at the Kennedy Center Honors?

eog-79.bsky.social•2 days ago

She’s not gay but …

randyinla.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-07-01/amber-ruffin-queer-pride-month-comedy

eog-79.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh. I saw her boyfriend. Ok

bachbeethoven.bsky.social•2 days ago

WHCA = shameful. Amber Ruffin = greatness.
@amberruffin.bsky.social

ogredragon.bsky.social•2 days ago

The 1st amendment only applied to the White landed Gentry... according to a ruling coming soon to a court near you

maisiecc.bsky.social•1 day ago

I hope they all drown in their own.. I mean reflect on their mistake 🙄

multiversewanderer.bsky.social•2 days ago

I think the proper response from any correspondent with a soul and/or a conscience would be to not attend - as a protest against the administration that is trying its hardest to end 1A.

And each should make a public statement why they're not attending.

jmcardinalsfan.bsky.social•2 days ago

So more ass kissing and sucking up to trump instead. Got it

gretchylee.bsky.social•2 days ago

MAGA won’t see, acknowledge, or even understand the irony

jenniferburchill.bsky.social•2 days ago

Nasty and deplorable.

rainnil.bsky.social•2 days ago

Welp there is this stage with no post yet! Maybe she will come here and preside? https://bsky.app/profile/amberruffin.bsky.social

terps3040.bsky.social•2 days ago

Seth Myers if your listening. Let her do her whole set on your show.

cool-aid.bsky.social•2 days ago

Brilliant idea!

sps888.bsky.social•2 days ago

@latenightseth.bsky.social Great idea here!!

tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiik.bsky.social•2 days ago

@latenightseth.bsky.social pleaaaase let Amber do her whole WH correspondence set on the show. Or during corrections?? Please!

veganmetalhead.bsky.social•2 days ago

And get the Donald trump from SNL

existentialtreat.bsky.social•2 days ago

i will NEVER turn down an opportunity to be wildly amused by amber ruffin. she's a class-a smartass and would have been a perfect host

chloepoochie.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sadly, I’m not familiar with her, but now i really want her to host, and I’ll tune in.

existentialtreat.bsky.social•1 day ago

chloepoochie.bsky.social•1 day ago

OMG!!!! Thank you Thom! I friggin’ LOVE her!

momma1bear.bsky.social•2 days ago

Please RT to help build momentum on this...

https://bsky.app/profile/momma1bear.bsky.social/post/3llkdzqpq2k2o

jfavreauboudrie519.bsky.social•2 days ago

She's everything that regime can't handle, and now it proves it.

joepaul17.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pls follow back 🙏🙂

deborahhannigan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly!

infuriatedsigh.bsky.social•2 days ago

Shame, a Ricky Gervais style speech desperately needed.

old-dave.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah, I’m sure a bunch of hack jokes about transgender people will speak truth to power.

infuriatedsigh.bsky.social•2 days ago

I’ll just wait for you to post all your comedy awards, when are you set to host the Oscars or Golden Globes?

old-dave.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oh no, I must have a splendid resume to not like someone’s smug, lazy ass punching down humor.

infuriatedsigh.bsky.social•2 days ago

Millions do.

rukiddingmeq.bsky.social•2 days ago

I called for an alternate event that would highlight Amber's talents. It could be called The American Correpondents' Dinner.

martijon.bsky.social•2 days ago

I love her. Guess it’s Gutfield or some other hack then.

douglasq.bsky.social•2 days ago

The White House Correspondents Association is a disgrace. Limp and ineffective. Just listen to this BBC interview.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0028jw8?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0028jw8?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

brewski787.bsky.social•2 days ago

That's all three strikes. Of course she's out 🤷

not-deric.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wait, didn't Elon make comedy legal again? I'm confused.

t-hodge-artist.bsky.social•2 days ago

When will someone or some entity push BACK!?
Having a press at all is meaningless without Freedom of the Press!!

lfseligson.bsky.social•2 days ago

That’s a BS excuse and a big mistake. Everyone would have enjoyed Ruffin’s comedy sketch. Or, is someone afraid of the big bad wolf ?

hrpc.bsky.social•2 days ago

The exact same shit every single fucking day, until enough citizens decide it's time to put their weapons to good use, for once.

smeent.bsky.social•2 days ago

You know who you are dealing with

hollyprociv.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pathetic

markbritt.bsky.social•2 days ago

In an upcoming Executive 'Dis'-order, the First Amendment will be eliminated and be replaced with a Rapist Felon and their Co-President F'Elon Amendment called the Sissy SpaceX Amendment.

greg60.bsky.social•2 days ago

The dinner should be “ghosted “, by all correspondents, at the last minute, to show solidarity with their colleague

surlymc.bsky.social•2 days ago

Someone in a different thread suggested @amberruffin.bsky.social
@stephencolbert.bsky.social & Jon Stewart @thedailyshow.com get a fundraising show going the same night as the Correspondents’ dinner in support of the first amendment 🥰❤️👏🏼 Get @billburrr.bsky.social and @guster.bsky.social there, too!

greg60.bsky.social•2 days ago

Excellent idea !! Go for it 👍🏾

momma1bear.bsky.social•2 days ago

Please RT.

https://bsky.app/profile/momma1bear.bsky.social/post/3llkdzqpq2k2o

sophieraccoons.bsky.social•2 days ago

That would be amazing.

dutchbert.bsky.social•2 days ago

Every pressmoment should be ghosted. Oh sorry Donny we have to leave, Jimmy Kimmel.....Taylor Swift.... BYD ...... and walk away

angelalove101.bsky.social•2 days ago

Absolutely

rayz06.bsky.social•2 days ago

They caved to Der Fuhrer ... Shame ...

yesicanidiot911.bsky.social•2 days ago

I can't believe this shit...and no, I'm NOT going to say 'can it get any worse...'.

ctrltxquilting.bsky.social•2 days ago

Mainstream media no longer prints the truth. They whitewash everything Trump does. They might focus on the 1st amendment but they sure don’t report news like it existed. Obeying in advance.

Only independent media for me.

allcaps-22.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just kill off this event.

patek-svendsen.bsky.social•1 day ago

The AP also banned?

k9rescue.bsky.social•19 hours ago

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mfwic1667.bsky.social•2 days ago

They don't even try to hide it, do they?

captainwest.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is going to be a crappy dinner, believe me. It will look more like a funeral, and a rally event for the First Felon. Basically, it's a complete waste of time and money.

chainmailedheart.bsky.social•2 days ago

A funeral for free speech and press.

captainwest.bsky.social•2 days ago

Who's going to watch that shit show?

jorgepeppertrees.bsky.social•2 days ago

You could offer her her own dinner and steal their thunder.

1feralfeminist.bsky.social•2 days ago

That is terrible. Too bad the rest of the attendees don’t find something else to do in support of Amber.

crtsj.bsky.social•2 days ago

“Celebrating Free Speech through Censorship”

It’s the elite journalist’s version of “Let Them Eat Cake”

juju71.bsky.social•2 days ago

Boycott it! Boycott it and have an ALT Correspondance Dinner! Please be a good example to US. Show them!

momma1bear.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm trying to get that started. Please RT.

https://bsky.app/profile/momma1bear.bsky.social/post/3llkdzqpq2k2o

surlymc.bsky.social•2 days ago

Someone in a different thread suggested @amberruffin.bsky.social @stephencolbert.bsky.social & Jon Stewart @thedailyshow.com get a fundraising show going the same night as the Correspondents’ dinner in support of the first amendment 🥰❤️👏🏼 Get @billburrr.bsky.social and @guster.bsky.social there, too!

momma1bear.bsky.social•2 days ago

Please RT to help me get this rolling...

https://bsky.app/profile/momma1bear.bsky.social/post/3llkdzqpq2k2o

freeintheforest.bsky.social•2 days ago

Conservatives don't undertand actual comedy anyway

sophieresists.bsky.social•2 days ago

No, they don’t.

birdguy66.bsky.social•2 days ago

Will people still show up and dare call themselves journalists?

ckear.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oh, going down this rabbit hole is NO way to resist. Bad call.

wrylee.bsky.social•2 days ago

So a wake for the first amendment, you say

etclcsw.bsky.social•1 day ago

Press capitulation just like in Russia and Nazi Germany.

paveldmitrievich.bsky.social•2 days ago

The pity of it is that this won't make us go away. It's useless on their parts to deny us. We are their children, their neighbours, their parents. We will keep coming whether they like it or not. We are inevitable. And we will overwhelm them in the end.

myanulrich.bsky.social•2 days ago

Lol

terryburns.bsky.social•2 days ago

Fuquers. Every damn one of them are complicit. Prove me wrong. PLEASE!!

thewaddler.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hey Ken Martin of the DNC. You should hire immediately for a fundraiser for Ukraine, government employees. LBGQT+ or anything they stand for and do it on the same night. Take the opportunity to make a statement and a difference!

copernicussees.bsky.social•2 days ago

The DNC is where Dem politicians go to retire and watch democracy burn all around them.

onijay.bsky.social•1 day ago

Press should not show up!

humanitariangal.bsky.social•2 days ago

Host or comedienne? I’m confused. You mean she’s the main event? I won’t be watching whatever it is they’re doing to appease the fascist.

elizabeth088.bsky.social•2 days ago

Isn't she married to a man?

bardobando.bsky.social•2 days ago

Coincidence?

idahobob.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://www.google.com/search?q=Amber+Ruffin%C2%A0&sca_esv=2cc81759b8fb65c4&source=hp&ei=Z9vpZ5X8JILI0PEPoa_W4Ak&oq=Amber+Ruffin%C2%A0&gs_lp=EhFtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1ocCIOQW1iZXIgUnVmZmluwqAyBBAAGAMyCxAAGIAEGLEDGIMBMgsQABiABBixAxiDATILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwEyCxAAGIAEGLEDGIMBMgsQABiABBixAxiDATILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwEyBBAAGANItTVQzCdYzCdwA3gAkAEAmAFloAFlqgEDMC4xuAEDyAEA-AEC-AEBmAIEoAKJAagCEsICBxApGIAEGA3CAgUQKRiABMICDhApGIAEGLEDGIMBGIoFwgIKEAAYAxjqAhiPAcICChAuGAMY6gIYjwGYAw_xBYqgMQGa0d-OkgcDMy4xoAe4BA&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-hp#vhid=H4LjiVc5k-Y51M&vssid=_b9vpZ4noKujO0PEPqLOYoAE_53&ebo=0

jamestyreeii.bsky.social•2 days ago

They are such racist misogynists!

gtmac.bsky.social•2 days ago

ban the WH Correspondents association and never refer to any one involved with any of them ever as journalists. The whole point of the week long affair is to show they are just stenographers.

fatchants.bsky.social•1 day ago

👉👉👉 they should SERIOUSLY organize a

"White House Correspondents' Midnight Snack"

and Amber Ruffin should host it

I'm completely serious!!!

essila21.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'd absolutely watch that!

semeeh.bsky.social•1 day ago

Overheard

fatchants.bsky.social•2 days ago

she's brilliant. Hopefully this only adds to her publicity, and she'll do exactly what she would have done but on a different platform

cold-feet.bsky.social•2 days ago

He’s an old man with no sense of humor. He never laughs and rarely smiles. A gay black woman is three strikes in his world. They’d be better off getting Greg Gutfeld to babble insultingly about Democrats. Maybe include a Lawrence Welk tribute band.

bizzayb.bsky.social•1 day ago

Bring back Clint Eastwood and the chair.

seavoyager1.bsky.social•1 day ago

THAT’S because, the old orange fool is a delusional and paranoid sociopath. Trump lacks the capacity to care about anyone or anything.

bpenicook.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sounds about white.

dawildboarcjd.bsky.social•1 day ago

Seriously, if you're a White House correspondent, you have an obligation to boycott this gathering.

tchallaforever.bsky.social•2 days ago

Why don't they bring in the comedic stylings of Greg Gutfeld so we can all watch him bomb in real-time.
He stinks so bad, I bet even the FOX "News" table boos his ass off stage.

stopthespin.bsky.social•2 days ago

And the "Lame excuse of the Year" award goes to.............

edhendersonmusic.bsky.social•2 days ago

Arghhh

retcan.bsky.social•2 days ago

I guess that is the joke…White House correspondents give up their 1st amendment rights to appease.

timlooney.bsky.social•2 days ago

“White” house

lowlow55.bsky.social•2 days ago

Should be changed to THE PEOPLE HOUSE take white off everybody know the house is White build by immigrants

zelda63.bsky.social•2 days ago

The White House was built by slaves. Slaves are not immigrants. Immigrants also have rights unlike slaves and unlike Native Americans who are not immigrants.

zelda63.bsky.social•2 days ago

For context I’m not being pissy. Slaves are owned property like livestock or household goods.

lowlow55.bsky.social•2 days ago

Understandable I hate the word slaves

timlooney.bsky.social•2 days ago

Right on!
Not with the racist in there currently.

waremtae.bsky.social•2 days ago

His base loves guns. They should celebrate the 2nd amendment by allowing people to carry inside. Convicted felon trump says everyone loves him, so it's not like anything bad would happen.

rayme77.bsky.social•2 days ago

Maybe a gun should just be a host.

glimmerglorp.bsky.social•2 days ago

You’re right, he’d be even safer with the gun as a host, since it’s ‘people who kill people,’ not guns, ya?

johnmacpherson.bsky.social•2 days ago

Nothing of a high enough calibre

sfmisfit.bsky.social•2 days ago

Does he believe we aren’t being forced to defend ourselves? He’ll be coming for the guns next and his dumb maggots will find a reason to support it…maybe.

waremtae.bsky.social•1 day ago

He has no choice. He has to be pro gun. He can take their jobs, money, SNAP, healthcare, education, and even their lives, but his base would kill him if he tried to take their guns.

sfmisfit.bsky.social•1 day ago

When his base becomes a threat, he will take their guns. I can’t believe they will stand by forever while their lives and their country are gutted. But, I’ve been known to be a bit naive. 🤷🏻‍♀️

donaldtrumpsr.bsky.social•2 days ago

You're sick

waremtae.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ummm... No, I feel fine. Thanks for your concern though.

donaldtrumpsr.bsky.social•2 days ago

You're publicly suggesting that killing someone is okay if people don't like them. Did I miss something?

waremtae.bsky.social•2 days ago

Apparently, you missed law and order being dissolved. Also, free speech being championed. If you're a trump supporters, you should love what I said. It's what you voted for.

donaldtrumpsr.bsky.social•2 days ago

I didn't vote for violence, that's where you lost me

donaldtrumpsr.bsky.social•2 days ago

Free speech should be championed, it's what makes America a great country to live in. I didn't say that you couldn't say what you said, I simply said that your suggestive call to violence seems a little unhinged, which is also free speech. See how that works?

gogreenvoteblue.bsky.social•2 days ago

Total Capitulation- our media keeps failing us.

historyrocks.bsky.social•2 days ago

I love Amber Ruffin; she’s hilarious. The White House Correspondents’ Ass sucks.

grammie1517.bsky.social•2 days ago

So which straight white guy did they choose?

billfromwisconsin.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is “spineless capitulation” a new plague affecting the US?

smeent.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's old

lynn4ba.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’ll be gone by late spring early summer at the latest

popezebbidiexii.bsky.social•2 days ago

250 years of puffed chested self congratulation for the American spirit of rebellion and love for freedom.

And it was all an absolute facade. America was all rotting teeth behind porcelain veneers

alistairoliver.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/alistairoliver.bsky.social/post/3lipnyfrqjk2f

popezebbidiexii.bsky.social•2 days ago

jeez, it's impossible to be original on this app.

alistairoliver.bsky.social•2 days ago

Truth rarely is 🙂

sabrinarj.bsky.social•2 days ago

Some Ivermectin should clear that right up.

mikedougherty.bsky.social•2 days ago

You might need to drink a little bleach too.

sabrinarj.bsky.social•2 days ago

True

betsycroom.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤣🤣

chainmailedheart.bsky.social•2 days ago

Maybe a broad-spectrum light, inserted from the rear...

sabrinarj.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤣

shadowcat-mdk.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's, globally, not new.

akwilhelm.bsky.social•2 days ago

OMG! DOES MAGA NAZI YET!

charliesangel.bsky.social•2 days ago

Surprise? No we shouldn’t be. Disgusted, definitely!

ewraight.bsky.social•2 days ago

The members should not attend!

repugfascistrebel.bsky.social•2 days ago

THESE PEOPLE ARE SO EXPONENTIALLY STOOPID THEY THINK WHITE HOUSE ...MEANS JUST THAT!

monstertott.bsky.social•2 days ago

PASS IT ON!!!
#RESISTANCEISBEAUTIFUL!!!

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arkerhonorejoseph.bsky.social•2 days ago

Cowards. Trump really has people and organizations fearful. 😮‍💨

iggyrules.bsky.social•2 days ago

I won't be watching this year.

claudio-vk.bsky.social•2 days ago

She should instead hold a banned correspondents dinner

sleeplessinamerica.bsky.social•2 days ago

At the rate we're going, that could be a bigger audience.

claudio-vk.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’d be funny if we weren’t witnessing a rolling coup

jeanpauldelier.bsky.social•2 days ago

As long as @nytimes.com keeps it’s “access” it’s all worth it

drcarol.bsky.social•2 days ago

Food poisoning or designated survivor?

drcarol.bsky.social•2 days ago

White House Collaborators dinner.

three2001.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hypocrisy reigns Supreme.

drjulies.bsky.social•2 days ago

And don't make fun of the President
That's a new rule too, right? I bet it is

strengthinunity.bsky.social•2 days ago

trump has never gotten over Obama’s comments about him.

lulucaliente.bsky.social•2 days ago

I’d say the are pussies, but that would be too good a word for them.

lafcdutchdave.bsky.social•2 days ago

They're all bowing to fascism.

mycroft-vii.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://whca.press/contact/

bleutsu.bsky.social•2 days ago

Freedom to suppress whoever, whenever, however for the Nazi gop

dennis-101.bsky.social•2 days ago

We are alone

capecodcritter.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sounds like a good time for a boycott.

ffflowergirl.bsky.social•2 days ago

Came here to say the same thing! Don’t attend, don’t report, don’t cover on local news…. nothing!! They take away voices, we can’t hear anything! 😈

mommat-4b.bsky.social•1 day ago

Protest!

mandysueinla.bsky.social•1 day ago

And don't watch it on TV. #BoycottTheWhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner

capecodcritter.bsky.social•1 day ago

👍💪

blueberrijuice.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Without Amber Ruffin, there's no reason to watch.

cynalbr.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well I will not watch it this year, I was looking forward to Amber Ruffin

momma1bear.bsky.social•2 days ago

Please RT to help me build momentum on this...
https://bsky.app/profile/momma1bear.bsky.social/post/3llkdzqpq2k2o

wendytx.bsky.social•2 days ago

I hope Amber Ruffin decides to do a show at a separate venue near the dinner.

jmwhenry.bsky.social•2 days ago

And correspondents should attend there!

peteferg.bsky.social•2 days ago

Disgraceful. Shame on them.

nlcoombe.bsky.social•2 days ago

The 1st amendment?What fucking hypocrites,while they deport college kids!

clifflaird.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's doublespeak a la 1984.

bennys2324.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hello

mere--mortal.bsky.social•1 day ago

What?!?

zorekr.bsky.social•2 days ago

They wont celebrate the first amendment. They celebrate how great Trump is. Always liked it...looks like not anymore. I hope a lot of the press does not show up. They will be signaled out and preached to if they do.

wailau.bsky.social•2 days ago

The King cannot be hoisted for his trespassing! The Constitution can only be protected by Comic Warriors because their are no testicles big enough to do the job.

sigmondfloyd.bsky.social•2 days ago

Anyone who has watched Seth Meyers will have realised that he and Amber will be planning the most audacious response to this that exceeds EVERYONE’S expectations.

lotharsson.bsky.social•2 days ago

Stocking up on popcorn.

kathi-kalina.bsky.social•2 days ago

I am SO READY!

sigmondfloyd.bsky.social•2 days ago

Over to you, @latenightseth.bsky.social

carriekay.bsky.social•2 days ago

I’m counting on it! 👏🏼 👏🏼

sigmondfloyd.bsky.social•2 days ago

“Apparently I was let go as host of the WH Correspondents Dinner and I was like ‘Whaaaaaat?’ and then I was like ‘What- …ever!’l

lngrs.bsky.social•2 days ago

Truly a sign of the times in America

bniel.bsky.social•2 days ago

Surely there should be a mass boycott of the White House Correspondents' dinner. But I suppose that would require journalists of courage and integrity to stand up for freedom of the press.

jascarver.bsky.social•2 days ago

Journalists with courage? 🤣🤣🤣🤣. That'll have us cracking up all night

studentsdemocracy.bsky.social•23 hours ago

WHY BOTHER WHCD or a

WHITE HOUSE PRESS ROOM

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madisonfly.bsky.social•2 days ago

So in other words-no one will boycott it.

otisredfoot.bsky.social•2 days ago

I don't think Amber is gay btw, she's married to a dude.

Also fuck the WH Correspondents dinner, they're all part of the same problem.

maurscode.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is any self respecting journalist attending this event? Is anyone even going to watch it?

terrimhc.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just wrong, must be appeasing tRump and his minions

johnkaprielian.bsky.social•2 days ago

No one should go.

nintyfan1991.bsky.social•2 days ago

Boycott this shit!

papoo2u.bsky.social•2 days ago

This benefit precisely called for a black woman who was funny and a little nasty.

gene-7.bsky.social•2 days ago

😡😡😡😡

solvseus.bsky.social•2 days ago

edpch38.bsky.social•2 days ago

wow I didn't know she was Black and Gay shit that must have made there skin crawl.

wizards-lady.bsky.social•2 days ago

She is not gay.

chelawallace.bsky.social•2 days ago

I didn't know she was either, because she had been married. I know she got divorced and then I read that she came out as queer last year. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna159719

blueberrijuice.bsky.social•2 days ago

Amber stated about a year ago that she is queer.

wizards-lady.bsky.social•2 days ago

How did I miss that? Apparently, she even said something on a Seth Meyers show and I thot I was seeing every one of them. 🤪

blueberrijuice.bsky.social•2 days ago

I had to go back & check myself, after I saw it posted elsewhere. Imo, the Seth Myers episode was subtle, if only bc I watch that show, heard it, & it flew over my head the 1st time.

wizards-lady.bsky.social•2 days ago

I probably saw it & had the same reaction.

munni17.bsky.social•2 days ago

Another thing to boycott.

smitroverse.bsky.social•2 days ago

They'll spend the savings on kneepads.

WHCA, WTF?

midlife-kris.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ugh. I love Amber Ruffin. Fraidy cats.

jcm444.bsky.social•2 days ago

Unreal. These fascists are really puke-worthy. 🤮🤮🤮

angryhoss.bsky.social•2 days ago

gICEstapo will absolutely be in the building

graciem0726.bsky.social•2 days ago

No one should go. Resist!

hinsdale.org•2 days ago

Here's a First Amendment thing to do:
#BoycottWHCADinner

surlymc.bsky.social•2 days ago

Someone in a different thread suggested @amberruffin.bsky.social @stephencolbert.bsky.social & Jon Stewart @thedailyshow.com get a fundraising show going the same night as the Correspondents’ dinner in support of the first amendment 🥰❤️👏🏼 Get @billburrr.bsky.social and @guster.bsky.social there, too!

harriettethecat.bsky.social•2 days ago

I hope no one goes to it

foolabee.bsky.social•2 days ago

What a travesty.

mercy1a.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hmmm

thefullnellie.bsky.social•1 day ago

JFC

tinybluedrop.bsky.social•2 days ago

Or criticizing the "president".

disposunny.bsky.social•2 days ago

They mean the first amendment for white straight men.

trevbreaker.bsky.social•1 day ago

Tbh, so many of them are aggressively “straight”, you gotta wonder.

aramintas-legacy.bsky.social•1 day ago

🎯

skeveryday.bsky.social•2 days ago

And the WHCA president is a gay Black man. It would have been better to cancel the event and raise the scholarship money online than to hypocritically bend the knee like this. Shameful.

sanity-check.bsky.social•2 days ago

The attendees should boycott. Whose dinner is it - the WH or the Correspondents. The Felon never went in his first term.

mommat-4b.bsky.social•1 day ago

Stop obeying in advance!

hadtodoit49.bsky.social•2 days ago

They’re a bunch of losers.

amsandkms.bsky.social•2 days ago

Celebrating the 1st Amendment...🤔

Elon Musk is threatening to “go after” the people who say or post anything negative about the company — which he labels “propaganda.”

https://www.theverge.com/tesla/638174/elon-musk-tesla-protest-free-speech-fox-news

offlately.bsky.social•2 days ago

Everyday I learn something about Trump, Musk kit his cabinet and it just makes me angrier. I deleted and purposely dont read the news to avoid getting upset. So thank you. Im angry and it’s only 7:30 am here.

amsandkms.bsky.social•2 days ago

Of course, that 1st Amendment celebration will not be for men or women of color, like Rumeysa Ozturk, disappeared off the street for WRITING an op-ed the trump regime found objectionable, or travelers denied entry for VOICING negative opinions of the trump regime

https://youtu.be/KHJ-s3GLaq8?si=RSEvvhEaQKayv8UJ

judyp10.bsky.social•2 days ago

6 officials dressed as Ninjas accost her on the street. Only 1 may have showed her a badge but I don’t think she saw it. Then they take her to jail 1600 miles away. Obviously so she wouldn’t have access to help

fashionablyover60.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not watching..

iwannalinger.bsky.social•2 days ago

This event is a joke anyway.

judyp10.bsky.social•2 days ago

I’m in Montana and I’ve watched it for years on CSpan. Even before the Obama/Trump roast.

iwannalinger.bsky.social•1 day ago

My point is, a free and critical press should not be joshing it up with the most powerful people in the world who they should be holding accountable for their many crimes.

coffeepoops.bsky.social•2 days ago

I don't think she's gay.

bobthebird.bsky.social•2 days ago

She isn't.

darthbinky.bsky.social•2 days ago

She is on the American version of Have I Got News For You and has mentioned she’s gay.

funfunster.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://variety.com/2024/scene/news/amber-ruffin-comes-out-pride-1236057726/

2kerig.bsky.social•2 days ago

🤯😱🤬

cooper67.bsky.social•1 day ago

every media person should fucking boycott this year's dinner

callie10.bsky.social•2 days ago

Only in Trumps America

uffdamj.bsky.social•1 day ago

WH correspondents & MSM have been neutered. What are they celebrating? This will be another MAGA rally except with ball gowns & tuxedos.
WHCA will face punishment from the mad king & his courtiers if they don’t bow down & kiss the ring.

watsonk.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’m boycotting the Correspondents Dinner. Fuck McFelon. He do not want a gay black woman to speak… I won’t be watching. Well hell, I probably wouldn’t have watched anyway. He’s a sucker for ratings.

eyeshallrecoverall.bsky.social•1 day ago

Lmao @ “McFelon”😂

pruitigoe.bsky.social•2 days ago

The gutless cowards still have her on their website:

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toogreene23.bsky.social•2 days ago

WOW just WOW.

graham3lb.bsky.social•2 days ago

So freaking tired of these freaking racists.

notnerb.bsky.social•2 days ago

lawyers are afraid, journalists are afraid but politicians are trying to convince us and themselves that there’s nothing to worry about.

gordos52.bsky.social•2 days ago

Somebody's feefees might get hurt if we let a comedian up there.

Hey, it's happened before, and look where we are.