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      Climate protestors begin to march up Connecticut Avenue towards the White House Correspondents' Dinner

      Climate Campaigners Stage Blockade at White House Correspondents Dinner

      "We disrupted the rich and powerful because Joe Biden's approval of deadly new oil and gas projects is killing the planet," said the campaign group Climate Defiance. "We will continue to disrupt until we end fossil fuels."

      Julia Conley
      Apr 30, 2023

      Members of the corporate media were greeted by hundreds of climate action organizers Saturday night as they arrived at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. for the annual White House Correspondents Dinner.

      Youth-led direct action group Climate Defiance staged a blockade of the event to demand that President Joe Biden fulfill his campaign promise to end fossil fuel extraction on public lands.

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      Ronald Reagan makes a face during White House Correspondents Dinner

      Student Loan Debt Is an American Malignancy Born of Ronald Reagan

      Forgiving student debt is not a slap at anybody; it's righting a moral wrong inflicted on millions by Reagan and his morbidly rich Republican buddies.

      Thom Hartmann
      Aug 26, 2022

      President Joe Biden just made good on his campaign promise to forgive billions in student debt. Republicans, predictably, have gone nuts.

      When you search on the phrase "student debt forgiveness" one of the top hits that comes up is a Fox "News" article by a woman who paid off her loans in full.

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      Comedian Michelle Wolf spoke at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 28, 2018.

      Comedian Michelle Wolf Suggests Trump Would 'Be on My Side If I'd Killed a Journalist'

      Hours after his dismissal of the CIA's findings regarding Saudis' murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Trump turned his attention to the comedian's months-old shredding of his administration at the WHCA dinner

      Julia Conley
      Nov 20, 2018

      Comedian Michelle Wolf offered a succinct, withering reply to President Donald Trump's early Wednesday attack on her by drawing attention back to his continued support for Saudi Arabia in the face of a report linking the kingdom to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi--after his clear attempt to distract from the matter.

      After Trump claimed Wolf had "bombed so badly" in her viral remarks at the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) dinner last year, Wolf suggested that the president would likely have come to her defense if she'd killed a journalist, as Saudi Arabia has admitted it did--with the CIA reporting that Trump ally Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) likely ordered the murder--instead of simply telling the truth about his administration.

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