{"id":26143,"date":"2017-02-03T12:08:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T20:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=26143"},"modified":"2017-02-03T12:08:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T20:08:21","slug":"an-april-treat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/02\/03\/an-april-treat\/","title":{"rendered":"An April Treat"},"content":{"rendered":"

In these evil days, how often do I get to say I have good news for you?  The White House Correspondents Dinner is on April 29.  Expect a dreary affair,  which only rabid sycophants will be allowed (or want) to attend.  The hooded minions from Breitfart, World Nut Daily, the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise<\/em>, will have a grand time.  But there will be nothing there for decent people.  Thank goodness Samantha Bee has a cure for that.<\/font><\/p>\n

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…Samantha Bee, host of TBS\u2019 Full Frontal<\/a>, announced on Monday that she will host an alternative event to the official one in Washington D.C. this spring. "Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner,\u201d as it is being called, will be held on April 29th, the same night the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association has told members to \u201csave the date\u201d for its event.<\/p>\n

"The evening is sure to bring plenty of surprises, music, food, and laughter\u2014and if you’re not careful you just might learn something. Specifically, you’ll learn how screwed we’d be without a free press,\u201d Bee said in a statement about the event, which will serve as a benefit for the Committee to Protect Journalists<\/a>. "We’re really doing this. This is not a joke,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

In a conference call with reporters Monday morning, Bee confirmed that she has never been invited to host an official White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner and did not anticipate that she would be getting an invite this year given the nature of her comedy about President Trump<\/a>…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From <The Daily Beast<\/a>><\/font><\/p>\n

I’ll be watching, and here are a couple video clips from Sam.<\/font><\/p>\n

Loyal to a T<\/a><\/p>\n