Susan Glasser

We're in the laugh or cry stage of the podcast.

Laugh or cry. I mean, you know, it would be laughable if it weren't so serious to have vested so much power in

Laugh or cry. I mean, you know, it would be laughable if it weren't so serious to have vested so much power in

Laugh or cry. I mean, you know, it would be laughable if it weren't so serious to have vested so much power in

people who could say absurd things like this uh you know it's hannity is state media and you know this this press secretary that's a frankly an orwellian misnomer for someone whose job seems to be to undermine and dismantle the free press and you know until she brings the associated press back into the press uh pool i don't want to talk about caroline levitt i want to talk about how she's dismantling freedom of speech and the first amendment in this country period

people who could say absurd things like this uh you know it's hannity is state media and you know this this press secretary that's a frankly an orwellian misnomer for someone whose job seems to be to undermine and dismantle the free press and you know until she brings the associated press back into the press uh pool i don't want to talk about caroline levitt i want to talk about how she's dismantling freedom of speech and the first amendment in this country period

people who could say absurd things like this uh you know it's hannity is state media and you know this this press secretary that's a frankly an orwellian misnomer for someone whose job seems to be to undermine and dismantle the free press and you know until she brings the associated press back into the press uh pool i don't want to talk about caroline levitt i want to talk about how she's dismantling freedom of speech and the first amendment in this country period

I think they should go to court, number one, and I think they should all sign on to the lawsuit. And I imagine they will go to court, but I also imagine that they won't all sign on to the lawsuit. And, you know, I get it. I get it because it seems pretty clear that the goal is to have an actual trial.

I think they should go to court, number one, and I think they should all sign on to the lawsuit. And I imagine they will go to court, but I also imagine that they won't all sign on to the lawsuit. And, you know, I get it. I get it because it seems pretty clear that the goal is to have an actual trial.

I think they should go to court, number one, and I think they should all sign on to the lawsuit. And I imagine they will go to court, but I also imagine that they won't all sign on to the lawsuit. And, you know, I get it. I get it because it seems pretty clear that the goal is to have an actual trial.

what I'm calling a Kremlin press pool, as opposed to a real press pool by the end of the year, if not much, much sooner in the Trump White House. I think that, you know, is a part of their agenda that I definitely anticipate, offering Americans the facsimile and the appearance of Trump being surrounded by reporters when in fact they're not

what I'm calling a Kremlin press pool, as opposed to a real press pool by the end of the year, if not much, much sooner in the Trump White House. I think that, you know, is a part of their agenda that I definitely anticipate, offering Americans the facsimile and the appearance of Trump being surrounded by reporters when in fact they're not

what I'm calling a Kremlin press pool, as opposed to a real press pool by the end of the year, if not much, much sooner in the Trump White House. I think that, you know, is a part of their agenda that I definitely anticipate, offering Americans the facsimile and the appearance of Trump being surrounded by reporters when in fact they're not

you know, truly independent reporters, but handpicked for their loyalty to the regime. Certainly it would be very consistent with the playbook of authoritarianism that he's following in every other respect. So to me, this looks like an early testing, you know, probing fight. And by the way,

you know, truly independent reporters, but handpicked for their loyalty to the regime. Certainly it would be very consistent with the playbook of authoritarianism that he's following in every other respect. So to me, this looks like an early testing, you know, probing fight. And by the way,

you know, truly independent reporters, but handpicked for their loyalty to the regime. Certainly it would be very consistent with the playbook of authoritarianism that he's following in every other respect. So to me, this looks like an early testing, you know, probing fight. And by the way,

when somebody who's seeking to undermine democracy and our constitutional principles goes after such a straightforward one, where is the uproar? You know, I can't say tactically speaking what's the right course, but I can tell you that for me personally, This is a line that is crossed that is serious.

when somebody who's seeking to undermine democracy and our constitutional principles goes after such a straightforward one, where is the uproar? You know, I can't say tactically speaking what's the right course, but I can tell you that for me personally, This is a line that is crossed that is serious.

when somebody who's seeking to undermine democracy and our constitutional principles goes after such a straightforward one, where is the uproar? You know, I can't say tactically speaking what's the right course, but I can tell you that for me personally, This is a line that is crossed that is serious.

And I would say to all your listeners, it's no joke when the president of the United States is trying to put his emperor hat on and tell the Associated Press, the backbone of independent, neutral news in this country that goes out to all of the papers in all of middle America, when he attacks the backbone of our free press and says,