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WASHINGTON — Journalists from The New York Times and several other news organizations were prohibited from attending a briefing by President Trump’s press secretary on Friday, a highly unusual breach of relations between the White House and its press corps.

Reporters from The Times, BuzzFeed News, CNN, The Los Angeles Times and Politico were not allowed to enter the West Wing office of the press secretary, Sean M. Spicer, for the scheduled briefing. Aides to Mr. Spicer only allowed in reporters from a handpicked group of news organizations that, the White House said, had been previously confirmed.

Those organizations included Breitbart News, the One America News Network and The Washington Times, all with conservative leanings. Journalists from ABC, CBS, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Fox News also attended.

Reporters from Time magazine and The Associated Press, who were set to be allowed in, chose not to attend the briefing in protest of the White House’s actions.

“Nothing like this has ever happened at the White House in our long history of covering multiple administrations of different parties,” Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The Times, said in a statement. “We strongly protest the exclusion of The New York Times and the other news organizations. Free media access to a transparent government is obviously of crucial national interest.”

The White House Correspondents’ Association, which represents the press corps, quickly rebuked the White House’s actions.

“The W.H.C.A. board is protesting strongly against how today’s gaggle is being handled by the White House,” the association president, Jeff Mason, said in a statement. “We encourage the organizations that were allowed in to share the material with others in the press corps who were not. The board will be discussing this further with White House staff.”

Full story at The New York Times

"The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy" 

These actually aren’t bad for when you want something sweet but you’re watching what you eat.  

I’ve tried several different alternates, like replacing the raisins with cherries and non fat or 1% milk instead of almond milk and want to try replacing milk altogether with fresh juices from the juicer.  Like it says, no sugar and there’s also no flour.  

The Data Says "Don't Hug the Dog!"

New data shows that hugging your dog raises its stress and anxiety levels.

Yes tell that to my dogs who jump in circles around me until I pick them up and hug them whenever I come home.  And it looks these big babies disagree with this study as well. :)

Shove your data/expertise!