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- Trump Drops Quickie Rant on Scuttled Iran War Talks After Private Crypto Meet
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) President Donald Trump explained Saturday why he decided to cancel a trip to Islamabad, Pakistan, planned for Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff to hold peace talks with Iran. Trump wrote on Truth Social, “I just cancelled the trip of my representatives going is Islamabad, Pakistan, to meet with the Iranians. Too much time wasted on traveling, too much work!” He continued, “Besides which, there is tremendous infighting and confusion within their ‘leadership.’ Nobody knows who is in charge, including them. Also, we have all the cards, they have none! If they want to talk, all they have to do is call!!!” Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi met with Pakistan’s prime minister Saturday before heading back home. He wrote on social media, “Very fruitful visit to Pakistan, whose good offices and brotherly efforts to bring back peace to our region we very much value. Shared Iran’s position concerning workable framework to permanently end the war on Iran.” Araghchi added, “Have yet to see if the U.S. is truly serious about diplomacy.” Trump made the Iran talks announcement after he was scheduled to speak at a closed-door “Crypto Conference” at noon. The Mar-a-Lago event was marketed as “THE MOST EXCLUSIVE CRYPTO & BUSINESS CONFERENCE IN THE WORLD!” even as Trump’s memecoin was tanking. “Over the last year, investors have shunned the so-called $TRUMP memecoin, a type of collectible crypto token whose logo depicts Trump raising his fist in the air and the words ‘Fight Fight Fight,'” reported Politico. “The memecoin is currently down more than 95 percent from its January 2025 high.” As of a year ago, “the Trump family and its partners had made $320 million in memecoin-related trading fees,” Politico reported. Trump hasn’t hinted at how he planned to placate investors at the conference. Later Saturday, Trump planned to return to Washington to attend his first-ever White House Correspondents’ Dinner.The post Trump Drops Quickie Rant on Scuttled Iran War Talks After Private Crypto Meet first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Bill Maher Falsely Claims He Did WHCD — It Was This OTHER Correspondents Dinne...
Comedian and pundit Bill Maher told his guests he once headlined a White House Correspondents’ Dinner, but it was actually a different — although similar — press dinner. President Donald Trump will attend his first WHCD in office on Saturday night, which prompted Maher to discuss the dinner on Friday night’s edition of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, during which he told his panel how the dinner has changed: BILL MAHER: Well, I don’t know, he’s apparently going to the, Trump is the correspondent’s dinner this year. I would, I’m very interested to see what this is going to look like, because you know, the correspondents dinner, I think I did it one year. They used to have comedians. By the way, I said that– because I got sh*t about it, everybody, every comedian gets sh*t about, it’s the worst gig in the world, because half the people in the audience are Republican, half the Democrats, you’re going to insult anybody no matter what they say, so they always, I say, just get a magician. Just get somebody who doesn’t do political. They’re always trying to get the political, and it’s like the worst thing. But it was actually the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association Dinner that Maher headlined in 1995 — which led to some jokes that seem completely alien and others that sound kind of familiar: Well, it’s a tremendous thrill and honor to be here in the same room with probably the most-watched man in the world. Kato Kaelin is here, ladies and gentlemen! I noticed listening to conversations it’s very much like show business in fact i heard two senators talking before and one was saying to the other. “You’re lying to me!” The other one said “Okay but hear me out.” No, it’s amazing what goes on. I mean, a plane landed on the White House lawn. I didn’t even know U.S. Air flew to Washington. And the weird part is the luggage went to the Lincoln Memorial. I think that, like in 10 years, the word liberal is gonna be synonymous with the word gay. People will go, you know, I’m a liberal. Oh, really? Maybe you should meet my friend Bob. He’s a liberal. I don’t know, I just think if your name is Dick Army, maybe making a f*g joke is a little redundant, you know what I’m saying? Watch above via RTCA.The… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - WHCD Mentalist Oz Pearlman Tells CNN He Can’t Wait For ‘Tremendous Challenge...Oz Pearlman, the mentalist who will entertain journalists at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, told CNN’s Michael Smerconish that he can’t wait to get a crack at President Donald Trump’s mind. Pearlman is known for shocking celebrities by guessing things like their PIN numbers, and obscure names and places. He called Trump the “ultimate showman” and said he hopes they can make a “great headline” together. The usual choice of a performer for the annual event has been a comedian, like Conan O’Brien or Jimmy Kimmel. Last year’s pick was comedian and impressionist Matt Friend.In 2019, renowned historian Ron Chernow was chosen to provide a historical perspective on press coverage of the White House. This marks the first year for a “mentalist,” and a first for Trump, who has never attended a WHCD as president. “He prides himself on being unpredictable,” Smerconish said of Trump. “I mean, not to get all serious, but look at the way he’s been handling Iran and those Truth Social posts. Like, that’s his whole M.O. Does that make him more or less difficult for you?” “I don’t believe any of it’s unpredictable,” Pearlman said. “In fact, I think that there’s a lot of telegraphing of moves. So when you say unpredictable, I disagree vehemently. I think there’s a playbook that’s been played throughout that’s so easy to spot. And so I don’t believe what you just said whatsoever. I think it’s very easy to spot the patterns. And the more you study him and his actions, his behaviors, his mannerisms, I think are all going to play to my advantage in the room if I get the chance.” Pearlman said he’s not a “psychic” but rather an “honest con man.” “The interesting part is what I’m selling you is moments of wonder and joy,” Pearlman said. “And I truly believe that’s why they brought me to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Not to divide, not to roast, but in this case, to unite. Because everyone loves to be amazed.” Watch above via CNN.The post WHCD Mentalist Oz Pearlman Tells CNN He Can’t Wait For ‘Tremendous Challenge’ of Reading Trump’s Mind first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Joy Reid Goes Off On Trump DOJ Over ‘Absolutely Insane’ SPLC Indictment Independent media host Joy Reid blasted President Donald Trump’s Justice Department over their “absolutely insane” indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). This week, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced an indictment against the group alleging financial misconduct linked to its use of informants embedded within extremist groups, including one connected to the white nationalist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville that resulted in the killing of Heather Heyer. Well-known defense attorney Abbe Lowell is defending the SPLC in the case. On Friday’s episode of The Joy Reid Show, the host traced the roots of the Trump administration’s animus toward the SPLC and ripped the indictment: CHRIS WRAY: But let me also say, and I would also add to that, that racially motivated violent extremists over recent years have been responsible for the most lethal activity in the U.S. Now this year, the lethal attacks, domestic terrorism lethal attacks we have, have I think all fit in the category of anti-government, anti-authority, which covers everything from anarchist violent extremist to militia types. We don’t really think in terms of left-right. That’s not the way we look at the world. JOY-ANN REID: We don’t look at it left, right. They look at who’s the danger. And it is racially motivated, violent extremists of the white supremacist variety. He’s just being clinical and saying it, right? And he’s a Republican. And the Southern Poverty Law Center, and people went crazy, by the way, when he said that. They went absolutely batsh*t when he’s said that, just as they had in 2015 or 2011, actually, when the Department of Homeland Security under Janet Napolitano requested a, and a report on the domestic threats to the country that focused on white nationalist extremism. Again, because it’s a Black president, and they were trying to see how much more intense that kind of domestic terrorism threat was going to get within there. They actually had to withdraw the report because the right went so crazy. And the man who did the report was Black, made it even more crazy on their side. Right. And now you’ve got the Southern Property Law Center, which has also really p*ssed off the right by focusing on exactly the kinds of extremism. That the groups affiliated with them and therefore with Republicans engage in. They need those far right wingers in their voting base and they don’t want to alienate them and they’re p*ssed off… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Journos Hit Trump With 23 ‘Attacks on Freedom of the Press’ In Blistering WH...
screenshot A group of journalists and organizations hit President Donald Trump with a barrage of 23 claims of “Attacks on Freedom of the Press” in a blistering letter to the organizers of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner (WHCD). Trump will attend his first WHCD in office on Saturday night, as will frequent press attackers like Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and FCC Chair Brendan Carr. In response, some White House Correspondents’ Association members have settled on a silent protest involving First Amendment-themed accessories like pocket squares and lapel pins. But a coalition of six journalism organizations and over 430 journalists have sent a scathing letter to the WHCA demanding they “use the occasion of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, to forcefully demonstrate opposition to President Trump’s efforts to trample freedom of the press.” The group addressed the fashion accessories as well: We understand that some journalists plan to wear pocket handkerchiefs or lapel pins with the words of the First Amendment. And continuing in that spirit, we believe the White House Correspondents Association should take stronger action by issuing – from the podium – a forceful defense of freedom of the press and condemnation of those who threaten that freedom, followed by a standing toast to the First Amendment and a pledge to continue upholding such a critical cornerstone of our democracy. Speak forcefully, in front of the man who seeks to undermine our country’s long tradition of an independent, strong, and free press. They then list 23 examples of “Attacks on Freedom of the Press”: Trump Administration’s Attacks on Freedom of the Press ● In February 2025, the Trump administration banned Associated Press reporters from pooled press events at the White House and aboard Air Force One, after the AP declined to alter its longstanding editorial style guide to replace the internationally recognized name ‘Gulf of Mexico’ with the President’s preferred term ‘Gulf of America.’ ● In early 2025, the Trump administration stripped office space at the Pentagon from CNN, The Washington Post, The Hill, NBC News, The New York Times, NPR, Politico, and other outlets whose coverage the administration deemed unfavorable. ● The Trump administration implemented Pentagon press rules in September 2025 prohibiting reporters from reporting any information not cleared by the Defense Department, a move a court ultimately ruled violated the First Amendment. ● President Trump has engaged in a sustained pattern of personal verbal attacks on individual reporters, including calling ABC reporter Mary… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Trump Critic Larry Wilmore Offers Rare ‘Credit’ to President on CNN Over Mar...Comedian and political pundit Larry Wilmore offered rare praise for President Donald Trump on his rescheduling of medical marijuana. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on Thursday that FDA-approved marijuana and state-licensed marijuana was being downgraded at a federal level from Schedule I to Schedule III. This means an easing on restrictions for researchers and that marijuana will be classified with drugs like ketamine and Tylenol with codeine instead of Schedule I drugs like heroin. The order does not affect recreational marijuana, which is federal prohibited, though it is legal under some states’ laws. “Under the decisive leadership of [President Trump], this Department of Justice is delivering on his promise to improve American healthcare,” Blanche wrote in his rescheduling announcement. On Saturday’s Table for Five, Wilmore, a vocal critic of the president, offered credit for the easing of restrictions of cannabis. “The thing about it is marijuana has had a different history than other drugs because it was demonized in the ’30s as not so much a gateway to harder drugs, but a gateway to a Negro lifestyle. I mean, that’s the way it was presented, hanging out with with these ne’er do wells and it always had this weird like, you know, quote, unquote black mark,” he said. Wilmore argued on social issues like marijuana, he feels Trump is “mostly Libertarian.” “For most people, it’s an issue of being able to do what they want to do with their own freedom. And to give Trump a little credit, I think he’s mostly libertarian on these type of issues, if you take away the politics,” he said. “You know, and I think we’re getting closer as a country, this is one of the few bipartisan areas where we’re getting closer [to], I think, just, you know, there’s some things that, who cares?” Watch above via CNN.The post Trump Critic Larry Wilmore Offers Rare ‘Credit’ to President on CNN Over Marijuana Move first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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