Eliana Johnson

But Eugene Daniels, who was a co-author of Political Playbook, sort of the flagship newsletter of the D.C. elites, has quit that and left to be a host on the left wing MSNBC, which is spinning off from MSNBC or from NBC to become its own network. independent network.

And as a result of that, there have been calls for him to resign from the White House Correspondents from the presidency of the White House Correspondents Association, which is supposed to be held by somebody who's an ostensibly neutral White House reporter. And he's resisted those

And as a result of that, there have been calls for him to resign from the White House Correspondents from the presidency of the White House Correspondents Association, which is supposed to be held by somebody who's an ostensibly neutral White House reporter. And he's resisted those

And as a result of that, there have been calls for him to resign from the White House Correspondents from the presidency of the White House Correspondents Association, which is supposed to be held by somebody who's an ostensibly neutral White House reporter. And he's resisted those

calls, I think there's also been some unhappiness with the way the White House Correspondents Association has managed this rift with the White House over the White House's takeover of the pool, the White House press pool. This is all very, very Washington inside baseball. But the long and short of it is there is a vibe shift in this town.

calls, I think there's also been some unhappiness with the way the White House Correspondents Association has managed this rift with the White House over the White House's takeover of the pool, the White House press pool. This is all very, very Washington inside baseball. But the long and short of it is there is a vibe shift in this town.

calls, I think there's also been some unhappiness with the way the White House Correspondents Association has managed this rift with the White House over the White House's takeover of the pool, the White House press pool. This is all very, very Washington inside baseball. But the long and short of it is there is a vibe shift in this town.

And this is part of it, which is that it now hurts you to have some lunatic comedian who um, appearing at the white house correspondence association dinner.

And this is part of it, which is that it now hurts you to have some lunatic comedian who um, appearing at the white house correspondence association dinner.

And this is part of it, which is that it now hurts you to have some lunatic comedian who um, appearing at the white house correspondence association dinner.

And rather than be honest about that and say, this is not an appropriate entertainer for our dinner because she said X, Y, and Z, uh, they're doing a New York times and they are lying to their audience, um, about the real reasons for this shift. Um, and beyond that, um, You know, the ultimate defense of comedy is being funny. And she did not have that defense.

And rather than be honest about that and say, this is not an appropriate entertainer for our dinner because she said X, Y, and Z, uh, they're doing a New York times and they are lying to their audience, um, about the real reasons for this shift. Um, and beyond that, um, You know, the ultimate defense of comedy is being funny. And she did not have that defense.

And rather than be honest about that and say, this is not an appropriate entertainer for our dinner because she said X, Y, and Z, uh, they're doing a New York times and they are lying to their audience, um, about the real reasons for this shift. Um, and beyond that, um, You know, the ultimate defense of comedy is being funny. And she did not have that defense.

You know, like that's just no, that's right.

You know, like that's just no, that's right.

You know, like that's just no, that's right.

I agree with all of that. However, I hate to say, I do think that this podcast thing that Newsom is doing is pretty smart if he wants to run for president in 2028. No, it is smart. It appears he is laser focused on that. And Maher actually introduced him as, you know, he's running for president, too. Because he's like, look, you said he's worse except for Tim Walz.

I agree with all of that. However, I hate to say, I do think that this podcast thing that Newsom is doing is pretty smart if he wants to run for president in 2028. No, it is smart. It appears he is laser focused on that. And Maher actually introduced him as, you know, he's running for president, too. Because he's like, look, you said he's worse except for Tim Walz.

I agree with all of that. However, I hate to say, I do think that this podcast thing that Newsom is doing is pretty smart if he wants to run for president in 2028. No, it is smart. It appears he is laser focused on that. And Maher actually introduced him as, you know, he's running for president, too. Because he's like, look, you said he's worse except for Tim Walz.

Well, he's doing better than like the vast majority than the Democratic Party, which is switching his position. So he's like, you know, far ahead of all of them. And so the question really is, like, are people going to hold it against him that he is switched all of his positions? I'm not sure if that's really going to matter four years from now. There's going to be lots of embarrassing video.