[johnnyanmac]

>Though White House aides publicly blamed the media for causing the confusion, arguing that none existed within the building, the administration had received a flood of calls from lawmakers and state officials with questions about its impact on their home states.

So trump blames the media, gets a bunch of blow back from officials, a Judge comes in to block part of it... And they choose to blame the media to upkeep their narrative when they need to backpedal.

Gonna be a long 4 years. But at least they are getting everything through for free.

[dole]

This was the MO the first time around; take a crap in public for the news cycle, walk it back two weeks later when it’s impossible to accomplish and everyone else has moved on.

[basementcat]

We’re not getting this for free. PEPFAR data systems are still down and 20 million people are not getting access to life saving medication.