It’s been a horrible day for controlling, power-hungry, exclusionary legacy media outlets and a wonderful day for the expansion of independent press access to the White House. I’m loving it! The White House Correspondents Association (WHCA), which is an unelected group of legacy media outlets that gatekeep White House media access, will no longer pick and choose which news outlets get in the door. The ‘journalistic’ oligarchy has been stripped of its power. Again, I’m loving it! The White House will now determine access which means outlets that have never had the privilege of covering the White House from the inside will now get that chance.
Eugene Daniels of Politico, who is president of the WHCA, lashed out in a post on X today (more on that later). He also announced that he was leaving Politico and heading to the dumpster fire that is MSNBC where he'll host a roundtable show. Can this day get any better? Like all ‘journalists,’ Daniels has a penchant for lying. Here’s a flashback to when it was discovered Politico was on the receiving end of millions of U.S. government dollars through USAID.
Start here. (READ)
On Feb 7, WH Correspondents Assoc President Eugene Daniels, who is also Politico’s WH correspondent — — claimed that DOGE and the Trump admin had not shown any "evidence of all this abuse” at USAID.
The revelation that Politico received funding from USAID was made on Feb 5, two days before this episode aired — along with a flood of other discoveries about the misuse of taxpayer dollars by the organization.
Aside from the glaring omission that Politico received taxpayer funding via USAID, Daniels’ claim about a lack of evidence is patently untrue.
A regular on PBS’ “Washington Week with The Atlantic,” Daniels is a partisan Democrat activist masquerading as a journalist.
It was announced by Karoline Leavitt today that the WHCA will no longer control which media outlets are represented in WH briefings.
Excellent move.
Here’s the whole exchange. (WATCH)
On Feb 7, WH Correspondents Assoc President Eugene Daniels, who is also Politico’s WH correspondent —
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) February 25, 2025
— claimed that DOGE and the Trump admin had not shown any "evidence of all this abuse” at USAID.
The revelation that Politico received funding from USAID was made on Feb 5,… pic.twitter.com/ebN8ant0Bl
“No evidence” … except for the receipts.
— TechSignals (@TechSignalsonX) February 25, 2025
“no evidence" pic.twitter.com/n8h6fZr50d
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) February 25, 2025
It’s easy to see why trust in these hacks is plummeting.
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed Politico was getting taxpayer money through USAID on February 5, two days before Daniels went on TV. (WATCH)
Karoline Leavitt announced USAID was funding Politico on Feb 5, two days before this appearance by Daniels. pic.twitter.com/uhpMQvclvc
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) February 25, 2025
Politico is dunzo
— Stella X (@stellaaaaaax) February 25, 2025
Politico, like a lot of legacy media outlets, is not long for this world. I’m looking forward to the day we refer to these ‘news’ orgs in the past tense.
Hello, is it Eugene you’re looking for?
I thought that was Lionel Ritchie.
— Kevin M. Nelson (@KevinMNelsonUSA) February 25, 2025
Anyway, I guess Karoline Leavitt rattling off multiple abuses in front of the press doesn’t count to this fraud.
Oddly enough, he’s the first I’ve heard actually attempt to deny the abuse, instead of just moaning about who’s uncovering it.
It’s 2024 and I still can’t buy a replica of the head sculpture from the video for Lionel Richie’s “Hello.” pic.twitter.com/dLuSJ08YhC
— Party Waffle (@PartyWaffle) April 12, 2024
They haven’t produced any evidence."
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) February 25, 2025
This guy is a purported “journalist."
It’s supposed to be his job to verify evidence of claims made by govt officials.
Instead, he ignores it and lies about it.
Legacy media in a nutshell.
Nailed it 🎯
— JP (@J_P1776) February 25, 2025
I totally see the Lionel Richie resemblance. Daniels also looks like a hairdresser.
Here’s Daniels writing on behalf of the WHCA. They’re ticked they’re losing their gatekeeper status which allowed them to deny news outlets access to the White House. Aw, shucks!
At least they're taking it well 🤣https://t.co/bcLTFdVsml
— mark (@rhapsodyboard) February 25, 2025
“consistent standards of fairness” 🤣
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) February 25, 2025
He is literally the poster child for the abuse.
— Webmiester (@YourWebmiester) February 25, 2025
Look in the mirror, Daniels.
Exactly. This is who is supposed to be heading the WHCA in a non partisan manner.
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) February 25, 2025
You can’t make it up.
President Donald Trump has recognized that the present and future of news media no longer rests in the greedy, partisan hands of CNN, ABC News, The New York Times, and the rest of the legacy media. Kicking the WHCA off its crumbling pedestal was needed to expand access to the White House and embrace the new media reality. I’ve been waiting for this day for years. Trump delivered and ‘journalists’ are furious. Good.
