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‘Pathetic’ NYT reporter blasted for ‘ragingly incompetent’ questioning of Biden press secretary
January 21, 2021
On Thursday, during the daily White House press briefing, New York Times reporter Michael Shear asked Press Secretary Jen Psaki why, as supposedly evidenced by his start-of-term executive orders reversing policies of former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden was not trying to unify the country.
"Is unemployment insurance an issue that only Democrats in the country want?" said Psaki, visibly taken aback at the framing of the question. "Or do only Democrats want their kids to go back to schools?"
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Shear's question drew harsh criticism on social media, with reporters excoriating how he chose to pose the question and suggesting that it was a leading premise.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">He basically asked <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> why Biden hasn’t unified the country yet, suggesting that he should have left Trump’s policies in place and put Republicans in his cabinet.<br/><br/>This framing is such nonsense. <a href="https://t.co/5A2h1tGGoY">https://t.co/5A2h1tGGoY</a></p>— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) <a href="https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1352435875368546304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Seriously, watch this insane exchange<br/> <a href="https://t.co/b0V0KCSNHs">pic.twitter.com/b0V0KCSNHs</a></p>— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) <a href="https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1352436558926897160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I give lectures around the world on how to ask questions. This guy needs to attend. <br/><br/>No one should make it to the White House press room who is as ragingly incompetent as this guy at framing a question. <br/><br/>Who is he? Who pays his salary? <a href="https://t.co/mbdNj1YNsw">https://t.co/mbdNj1YNsw</a></p>— David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidCayJ/status/1352435561798230020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">No, damn, it’s not someone from the New York Times or any other first right news organization. And if I’m wrong we can both send a letter asking why he hasn’t been fired.</p>— David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidCayJ/status/1352442542621655040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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'The name's toxic': Trump Org in crisis and bleeding money as ex-president takes the reins again
January 21, 2021
On Thursday, The Washington Post reported that the Trump Organization is in financial freefall as former president Donald Trump prepares to take the helm of the company again.
"Financial disclosure forms, filed by the former president as he left office, revealed that his hotels, resorts and other properties had lost more than $120 million in revenue last year, as the pandemic forced long-term closures and kept customers home," reported David Farenthold and Jonathan O'Connell. "Those losses were worst in the places where Trump could least afford it: His Washington hotel, which has a $170 million loan outstanding, saw revenue drop more than 60 percent. His Doral resort in Miami — also carrying a huge debt load — saw a 44 percent drop."
<p>Moreover, the Trump Organization is also losing a number of business partners.</p><p>"On Thursday, the company's troubles grew: One of its banks and one of its law firms said they would cut their ties with the Trump Organization," said the report. "They are the latest in a string of vendors and customers who severed their relationships with the company after Jan. 6, when a mob of Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol directly after he addressed them at a rally."</p><p>Meanwhile, his properties are losing contracts to host events, including the PGA tour and a triathlon in North Carolina — with the latter's organizer, Chuck McAllister, saying, "The name's toxic. It's toxic to some people. That's never going to change." The City of New York "said it will end the Trump Organization's contracts to run a carousel, two ice rinks and a golf course in city parks — contracts that brought the Trump Organization $18 million in 2019." And the Girl Scouts and a tuberculosis charity are trying to break their leases on offices in Trump's building on Wall Street.</p><p>According to the report, President Joe Biden might ultimately hold the entire fate of the Trump Organization in his hands. "That's because Biden's success in speeding up vaccinations for the coronavirus will play a major role in determining how fast the hotel and travel industries recover. In addition, because Trump's D.C. hotel is located in a federally owned building, the Biden administration is his landlord. If Trump seeks to renegotiate his lease, or to get federal approval for a sale of the building, he will be dealing with Biden's General Services Administration."</p><p>You can read more <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-company-financial-problems/2021/01/21/3899b7e4-5c25-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><br/></p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="88a6f990ed76364379347257cd85eb9a" id="fde46"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1352417530523037699"><div style="margin:1em 0">Remember the press conference at Trump Tower in 2017, where Trump's lawyer spoke in front of piles of paper in mani… https://t.co/6v9Q83xfB3</div> — David Fahrenthold (@David Fahrenthold)<a href="https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold/statuses/1352417530523037699">1611276440.0</a></blockquote></div>
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While America's top creative artists largely directed their energy to fighting Donald Trump's administration, with Democrats back in the White House there might once again be artistic efforts to back the administration.
That dynamic was on display after Joe Biden announced that Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen should have a musical written about here.
<p>"We might have to ask Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote the musical about the first secretary of the treasury, 'Hamilton,' to write another musical for the first woman secretary of the treasury — Yellen," Biden said.</p><p>"So "Marketplace" asked Dessa, a member of the hip-hop collective Doomtree and one of the artists who <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5za2K5XXuEaFWps6pYdo2y" target="_blank">contri</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5za2K5XXuEaFWps6pYdo2y" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">b</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5za2K5XXuEaFWps6pYdo2y" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">uted</a> to 'The Hamilton Mixtape,' to think about what that might sound like," the publication <a href="https://www.marketplace.org/2021/01/21/yellen-hamilton-musical-biden-dessa/" target="_blank">explained</a>. "Here's what she and her collaborators came up with:</p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="fb2ccc777c1b4ffa616ff79484e262c5" id="c5398"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1352386787700781058"><div style="margin:1em 0">When @JoeBiden joked that @JanetYellen should have her own @HamiltonMusical ... it got us thinking, what would that… https://t.co/H4lGUeMTfV</div> — Marketplace (@Marketplace)<a href="https://twitter.com/Marketplace/statuses/1352386787700781058">1611269110.0</a></blockquote></div>
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