The issue: Maureen Callahan’s column criticizing White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. Thanks to Maureen Callahan for her wonderful and accurate article on arrogant White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki (“Jane, you’re a ‘Psak’ at your job”, Feb. 24). Finally, Psaki’s abdication – which represents the current administration’s positions – is invoked and condemned. She may be adept at dodging reporters’ questions, but she (as Callahan aptly captured) is a terrible messenger of how our current government deals with so many Americans. Change is coming, and Callahan has helped reveal…
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Jin Psaki is the condescending face of the Biden administration
Jin Saki can’t quit fast enough. Not that the mainstream media really holds her accountable for her arrogance, arrogance, cynicism, or out-of-touch responses to the pain of ordinary Americans. Hey, she’s at least channeling her entire boss. A little fussing would be understandable; The White House Press Secretary is known to be a difficult job with a high level of burnout. But Psaki, a former competitive swimmer who grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, appears to have never met people who live paycheck to paycheck, or worried about how to feed,…
Read MorePsaki talks about the ‘fake White House group’ that has been widely ridiculed
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki spoke of the widely derided “fake White House group” that has become the center of conspiracy theory — saying the theater was given a digital glow to make events look “a little bit better visually” during the pandemic. Psaki, 43, revealed on Rob Lowe’s “Literally” podcast when the “The West Wing” star asked her about the South Court Auditorium. The commander-in-chief of the armed forces was mocked on social media in October for running the “Truman Show Presidency” after he was photographed speaking from…
Read MoreKetanji Brown Jackson, J. Michael Childs, Leondra Krueger
President Joe Biden has interviewed at least three Supreme Court nominees, according to a person familiar with the matter, and the White House confirmed Tuesday that he remains on track to make a final selection by Monday. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden has not made a decision on who to nominate. But the president did interview Judges Kitangi Brown Jackson, J. Michael Childs and Leondra Krueger, according to a person familiar with the matter. Another familiar person said Biden has interviewed at least three candidates for the…
Read MoreKamala Harris criticized the “power of words” response to Ukraine and Russia questions
Vice President Kamala Harris was mocked after appearing unwilling to discuss the Ukraine crisis during a question-and-answer session with reporters at the Munich Security Conference in Germany. At one point, Harris said Sunday in response to a question about how the Biden administration saw the “end game” of the situation beginning. “I mean, let’s really take a moment to understand the importance of what we’re talking about,” the vice president continued. “It has been more than 70 years. And during those 70 years … there has been peace and security.…
Read MoreBiden abruptly cancels the president’s daily trip to Delaware during the Ukraine crisis
President Joe Biden on Sunday abruptly canceled plans for a President’s Day holiday at home in Delaware amid the escalating crisis over what officials say is a planned Russian invasion of Ukraine. The White House had announced shortly after 2:30 p.m. that Biden would leave the capital around 5 p.m. to travel to Wilmington, raising the possibility that the commander in chief would brief reporters on the developments before boarding Marine One’s helicopter on the White House’s South Lawn. But the trip was canceled less than 90 minutes later, with…
Read MoreBiden holds a meeting of the National Security Council on the crisis of the invasion of Ukraine and Russia
The White House announced that President Joe Biden will hold a National Security Council session on Sunday amid rising international tensions over the expected Russian invasion of Ukraine. The meeting will take place a day after Russian leader Vladimir Putin oversaw the missile drills, in an apparent show of military might, with reports of violence in areas of Ukraine controlled by pro-Moscow separatists. “President Biden continues to monitor the development of the situation in Ukraine, and is regularly updated on events on the ground by his national security team,” White…
Read MoreBiden names two scientists to replace top bullying advisor Eric Lander
President Joe Biden tapped two familiar faces to fill the lab shoes of the former White House scientist who was forced to resign last week for mistreatment of staff. Biden on Wednesday announced the appointment of Dr. Alondra Nelson as acting director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy — a role that Dr. Eric Lander left vacant, which was shown at the door after an internal review found credible evidence that he had intimidated and insulted. his staff. Nelson was an OSTP deputy, and studied social…
Read MorePsaki will not comment on records of WH “mining” tech executive linked to Clinton
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki declined to comment Wednesday on allegations by special counsel John Durham that Chief Technology Officer Rodney Joffe mined the White House’s “non-public” Internet records to find dirt on former President Donald Trump. Fox News reporter Jackie Heinrich Psaki asked during her regular briefing whether a DNS resolver server was still mining White House data and whether its alleged audit by a Hillary Clinton ally constituted “espionage.” Heinrich began to question her: “Durham says there is an outside company with connections to the Clinton Camp…
Read MoreBiden signs the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill a week after it arrives at his desk
President Biden finally signed off on the much-anticipated $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Monday, flanked by several members of Congress who sent the legislation to the president’s office more than a week ago. After waiting for Congress to return from recess last week for members who helped write the legislation to attend the signing, Biden signed the bill before a crowd gathered outside the White House, saying, “America is moving again.” We talked about having the best economy in the world. We’ve talked about asserting American leadership around the…
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