CNN discussing Tillerson ditching Press on upcoming overseas trip. Basically unprecedented.

[PearliePoo2]

Tillerson's excuse was the plane he was taking wasn't big enough to accommodate the press.
Brian Stelter said there's bigger airplanes he could use.
Brian said the Press is going to take their own flight and do their best to follow him!

Wow....good for them. Hold these bastards accountable.

[Vinca]

1. Tillerson is only cast in the role of Secretary of State until the department can be gutted.

His handler thinks he and Trump are doing a fine job.

[PearliePoo2]

2. That's sure the way it looks. Many desks are empty and will stay that way right?

Has he even gotten his Deputy assistant yet?
I wonder when people in this cabinet will simply walk away when it's apparent they've been castrated by Bannon?

[JDC]

3. The narrative of "unprecedented" needs to change

It creates a positive for Trump voters. They want Trump to do things out of the norm. Regardless of the crazy shit he pulls, saying it's "unprecedented" softens it. It needs to be called what it is. Wrong, deceitful, colluding, in the shadows, corrupt, self-serving, the list goes wide and deep.

[PearliePoo2]

4. Yeah, I hear Trumpeteers saying they wanted things changed and shook up.

As if 'change' is always a GOOD thing. Bannon's agenda is to DESTROY everything.

[Guilded Lilly]

5. The Press has been painfully ineffective, played and gutless ...

since the beginning of the campaign. The bastards haven't been held accountable for much of anything.
The Press is still being played for fools quite effectively. Their impotency and sometimes willful ratings chasing blunders have done serious damage.

Can they ever regain their professionalism, integrity and power?
Not so far. Some are trying. How long before it is too late? Is it already at that point? Too little too late?
Dunno.
More than frustrating. Disheartening.
Hope has taken so many hits...but at this point, battered hope is what we have.