Rick Reilly: "As a reporter, I'm so disappointed by the men of the White House press corps. They let Trump constantly bully women reporters. In sports, we stood up for each other. I once got into a brawl with a University Miami assistant coach over the sexist way he treated a female writer."
#WHCA #media #values

Exclusive: #IranWar may have motivated #Trump #WHCD #shooting suspect, US #intelligence report finds

#DHS identified the #US - #Israel #war with #Iran as a potential motive for the man accused of attempting ​to assassinate Trump & senior members of his admin at a #WHCA gala last month, according to an ‌intelligence report sent to state & local law enforcement nationwide & other federal agencies.

#law #GunControl #GunLaws #RedFlagLaws
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/iran-conflict-may-have-motivated-trump-dinner-shooting-suspect-us-intelligence-2026-05-06/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

One good idea from the Truth Tellers Conference: when Trump calls a reporter "Piggy" to her face, all of the reporters there should immediately walk out, as a sign that Trump insulting them is unacceptable, but White House reporters are too cowardly to do this. Maybe one of them could grow a spine and follow this advice.
#media #WHCA #sexism #solidarity #values
Commentary from #WillBunch on the #WHCA dinner makes me shudder. Gift link. https://share.inquirer.com/cTfJlb
Gunfire of the Vanities: Trump dinner shooting defines a violent, unserious America

Another Trump assassination try leaves dinner guests wanting to party on, in a laughingstock America, numb to violence.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

John Hinckley shot President Reagan outside this hotel 45 years ago. This does not make him an expert on either the hotel or Secret Service protocols. Nevertheless, here is The Hill treating Hinckley as a subject expert. He has nothing particularly helpful to say — and why would he?

Clicks, clicks, clicks.

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5852345-john-hinckley-washington-hilton-white-house-correspondents-association/

#journalism #clickbait #whcd #whca

1973 Lyrics:

"She could spit in the eyes of #fools
As they ask her to focus on: Sailors #fighting in the dance hall!
Oh man, look at those #cavemen go!!!
It's the freakiest show!!!
Take a look at the lawman beating up the wrong guy"

#SecretService #Correspondents #WHCA #FWakeWHCA #WHCA2026

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/28/secret-service-agent-shot-white-house-dinner/89842662007/

Witnesses tell investigators Secret Service agent shot by suspect

The disclosure comes amid questions about whether a colleague wounded the agent or suspect Cole Tomas Allen at the White House Correspondents’ dinner.

USA TODAY
GOP eyes White House ballroom after WHCA shooting

Republicans seek White House venue shift as the WHCA shooting prompts security scrutiny and misinformation checks.

Global Political Spotlight

“Adopting Trump’s Voice” [IOW #Trump dictated the DOJ’s filing] #DOJ Asks Judge to Let #Ballroom Proceed

The court filing links the security breach at the #WHCD to the lawsuit over Trump’s ballroom project.

[problematically for this argument is that the WHCD CANNOT be held at the White House — idiots! -- the #WHCA is a #PrivateOrganization, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. And the White House has NEVER been rented out for private events.]

#law #independence
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/us/elections/ballroom-filing-trump-truth-social.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Adopting Trump’s Voice, Justice Dept. Asks Judge to Let Ballroom Proceed

The court filing links the security breach at the White House correspondents’ dinner to the lawsuit over President Trump’s ballroom project.

The New York Times

Jon Stewart explained the theme of this year's White House Correspondents' Association dinner: "Let's hold a dinner where the free press is celebrating an Administration that's doing everything in its power to destroy it."

Jon Stewart continued: "The White House Correspondents' Association dinner was supposed to be an evening of fun and merriment until, as most things in America, it was interrupted by gun fire."
#TheDailyShow #media #humor #GunControl #politics #WHCA