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Nick Schifrin (@nickschifrin) Tweeted:
State Department removes @NPR's @michelekelemen from @SecPompeo plane--where she was scheduled for a pool radio rotation--during upcoming trip to London, Kiev. Comes after @SecPompeo accused media of being "unhinged" after @NPRKelly interview and subsequent back and forth.
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spanone
(135,877 posts)sueunderh
(26 posts)Nasty, corrupt POS!!
TeamPooka
(24,255 posts)spanone
(135,877 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Pompeo seems right on the edge of losing it completely.
TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)To use federal dollars to shake down a foreign government for personal benefit.
riversedge
(70,305 posts)XRubicon
(2,212 posts)Putin.
When all the shit comes out I hope he is put out of public "service". Druph is stupid evil, Pompas is smart evil.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Red Mountain
(1,737 posts)Pathetic, even.
dchill
(38,537 posts)gademocrat7
(10,669 posts)Corrupt to the core.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)diva77
(7,656 posts)Response to irisblue (Original post)
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JDC
(10,133 posts)LisaM
(27,830 posts)I see plenty of people knock NPR for being too conservative, but I don't really think that's the case, and they could probably use a donation about now (or even your local NPR station), if you haven't already done so.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)and while they aren't wildly "liberal" like some places I know, I find them pretty much as fair and balanced as it gets.
LisaM
(27,830 posts)This would be a good time for me to throw in an extra donation; probably should look for a small one in a conservative state.
irisblue
(33,025 posts)She is well versed in this area
Lindsay
(3,276 posts)what Pompeo is afraid of.
yonder
(9,676 posts)without flexing his asshole muscle.
TNNurse
(6,929 posts)crickets
(25,983 posts)OnDoutside
(19,972 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)bluestarone
(17,040 posts)ALL of them
pwb
(11,291 posts)Listening to him? Yuck .
SunSeeker
(51,705 posts)lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)renate
(13,776 posts)Weak and stupid. He should know that real journalists from every section of the media will be pissed off.
Hassler
(3,390 posts)essme
(1,207 posts)Which makes this even more galling.
58Sunliner
(4,399 posts)Like power has completely corrupted him.
Tanuki
(14,920 posts)magicarpet
(14,173 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,802 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)want outside reporters on the plane.
Evolve Dammit
(16,770 posts)riversedge
(70,305 posts)iluvtennis
(19,873 posts)Maeve
(42,288 posts)I swear it must be catching
nuxvomica
(12,443 posts)That seems to be their only currency.
Mike Nelson
(9,967 posts)... bad man. I believe her, of course... but let's say the reporter is wrong. If you're SoS, you just stop this and move on... you don't issue "statements" and kick anyone off any plane. There is something seriously wrong with Pompayo.
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)Your corruption is clear for all to see.
randr
(12,415 posts)SharonClark
(10,014 posts)MojoWrkn
(139 posts)What a pompous azzhole!
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)It's our plane!
They miss the concept!
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,461 posts)and play by himself.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)With a foul piece of shit.
Give me the chance, I say. Just give me the chance.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)The Expanse
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)of this action!
When supposed "Public Servants" feel free to block members of the free press for not kowtowing to the preferences of those in power.
crickets
(25,983 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)*Principiis obsta* and *Finem respice*'Resist the beginnings' and 'Consider the end.'
calimary
(81,484 posts)Memo to Mike P: you probably thought these jobs from trump would be your stepping stones up into the Oval Office, yourself.
You can just forget that right now. Youre just more damaged goods now. As former Republican strategist Rick Wilson said, in a book he wrote: Everything trump Touches Dies.
maxrandb
(15,357 posts)I can't wait to hear this story in their normal "bothsiderism" style.
Sure, he extorted and blackmailed Ukraine with taxpayer funds to manufacture a criminal charge... using the full power of the state, butter emails!
Yes, the State department took punitive action against a news organization for having the gall to report news unflattering to the State....butter emails!
I'm sure, to be "fair", NPR will get right on reporting on...Butter emails!
PandoraAwakened
(905 posts)Mickju
(1,805 posts)He is definitely a malicious fool.