With cameras banned, CNN sends sketch artist to White House briefing

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Good one! Though the Bitemaster thinks the White House press corps should disband. Desk jockeys back in the newsroom can read and fact-check the tweets and faxes just as well.

Schwarzenegger responds to Trump’s aimless meandering at National Prayer Breakfast

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“Hey Donald, I have a great idea. Why don’t we switch jobs? You take over TV, because you’re such an expert in ratings, and then I take over your job and then people can finally sleep comfortably again,”

Source: Trump mocks critics, Schwarzenegger at National Prayer Breakfast – NY Daily News

Trump Urges Spy Agencies to Lay Off Russia and Focus on Threat Posed by Actresses

Calling the recent allegations against Russia a “witch hunt,” Trump told intelligence chiefs that their investigations of Putin were distracting them from “America’s real enemy.”

. . . The President-elect also complained that, under President Barack Obama, actresses have been allowed to operate with impunity. “Barack Obama is basically the founder of actresses,” he said.

Source: Trump Urges Spy Agencies to Lay Off Russia and Focus on Threat Posed by Actresses – The New Yorker

Fox News Had To Explain To Trump’s Attorney Why Killing Megyn Kelly Would Be A Bad Thing, Politically

Trump supporters unleashed a barrage of death threats at Fox News journalist Megyn Kelly. The Trump campaign didn’t seem interested in stopping the threats until . . .

“What Bill Shine [an executive vice president at Fox] said to Michael Cohen [Trump’s top lawyer and executive vice president with the Trump Organization] was, ‘Let me put it to you in terms you can understand: If Megyn Kelly gets killed it is not going help your candidate.’”

Source: Fox News Had To Explain To Trump’s Attorney Why Killing Megyn Kelly Would Be A Bad Thing, Politically

Virginia newspaper endorses North Carolina Governor because bathroom bill is sending jobs to Virginia

The Roanoke Times has endorsed North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) for re-election because his anti-LGBTQ law, HB 2, is driving business out of his state and into Virginia.

Which candidate would do the most to help our local economy? That’s easy. It’s Pat McCrory, the Republican governor of North Carolina. . . North Carolina panicked and made a spectacle of itself by passing HB 2, its so-called ‘bathroom bill.’ In response, various companies and even sports leagues pulled events from the state. Three of those have wound up in Salem ― the NCAA Division III men’s and women’s soccer championships, as well as the Division II Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football championship. That’s money in the bank for us.

Hat tip to the Huffington Post.

NYC Parks & Rec pulls down naked Donald Trump statue

Some jokers put up a statue of a naked Donald Trump in Union Square. The statue portrays a lumpy overweight man with surprisingly normal-sized hands but undersized genitals.

After the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation removed the statue, department spokesperson Sam Biederman explained the reason:

NYC Parks stands firmly against any unpermitted erection in city parks, no matter how small.

Source: NYC Parks & Rec pulls down naked Donald Trump statue — then brilliantly mocks him in a statement

Congresswoman Who Used To Receive Welfare Wants To Drug Test Rich People Who Get Tax Breaks

“I would love to see some hedge fund manager on Wall Street who might be sniffing a little cocaine here and there to stay awake realize that he can’t get his $150,000 worth of deductions unless he submits to a drug test.”

When it comes to drug abuse, “There are no boundaries with regard to class or race,” she said. “If these poor people who are entitled to SNAP for survival are required to be drug tested, then certainly those people who claim $150,000 or more in tax deductions should be subjected to the same in order to receive this benefit from the government.”

Source: Congresswoman Who Used To Receive Welfare Wants To Drug Test Rich People Who Get Tax Breaks