Nerd Prom: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Nerd Prom: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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After being fired by someone like an Uncle Tom, Eugene Daniels, Amber Ruffin jokingly said this incident taught her that "when bad people do bad things, you have to treat them fairly and respectfully. The reason why we need a free press is to be nice to Republicans at fancy dinners." #WHCD
Dean Obeidallah: White House Correspondents Dinner in past years was where a US President was publicly mocked by a comedian and no one went to jail. The White House Correspondents Association this year surrendered by cancelling comedian Amber Ruffin to please Trump.
#media #cowardice #politics #WHCD
This part. #WHCD #journalism
I realized earlier tonight that @proleftpodcast.bsky.social forgot to host a #WHCD after-party. Also missed the WHCD. So I put some restaurant butter on the floor for Bosco and congratulated him on his “journalistic achievements”— good enough. @driftglass.bsky.social
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White House Correspondents’ Dinner Flies First Amendment Flag High Even With Trump Snub, Few Hollywood Power Players In Attendance

There was no POTUS, no VP at the 2025 WHCD but the Constitution was very much in attendance tonight in DC

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Wow. Just caught the end of Joe Biden’s speech at last year’s White House Correspondents Dinner and it really underscored what we’ve lost as a nation. He sounded the alarms then about the free press & democracy. Too bad the press corps was asleep at the wheel for the next 6 months. #WHCD
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What on earth is the point of the White House Correspondents Association, when you cannot even stand up with the AP? What is the point of having a WHC Dinner tomorrow night for someone who is trashing you and wants to eliminate the press? Why, you’ll usher in state-run media faster than Trump will. #WHCA #WHCD
RT @sarafischer: There were concerns that #WHCD weekend would be dead, given tension between the @WHCD

Cowards.

White House Correspondence Dinner disinvites Amber Ruffin from its annual event April 26, 2025.

Because Trumpty-Dumpty objects - undoubtedly because she's lesbian.

Their cover? Decided not to have any comedy this time

How boring can you get? The satire has always been the best bit about the #WHCD.

Well, we'll all just be watching her on Have I Got News For You instead.

I know I sure will.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-correspondents-association-drops-amber-ruffin-2025/story?id=120297927

White House Correspondents' Association drops Amber Ruffin from 2025 dinner

The event will not feature any comedian for the first time in years.

ABC News