Steve Bannon to Media – “Just Shut Up”

From the NYTimes, “Trump Strategist Stephen Bannon Says Media Should ‘Keep Its Mouth Shut’“.  Now that’s an idea worth considering.

Just days after President Trump spoke of a “running war’’ with the media, his chief White House strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, ratcheted up the attacks, arguing that news organizations had been “humiliated” by the election outcome and repeatedly describing the media as “the opposition party” of the current administration.

“The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while,” Mr. Bannon said in an interview on Wednesday.

 

Obama’s Leftovers Scurry For the Exits

The Atlantic reports that “Abrupt departures of top officials Wednesday, under disputed circumstances, leave Foggy Bottom without a confirmed secretary or nominees for several top leadership jobs.”  The departures, to my eye, look as though the President called his local Orkin Pest Control man.