UPDATED: Rigby offered some excellent additional color — and I endorse it 100% (with the minor caveat that no one had to sue Mr. Obama in federal court, and get a TRO — to get him to re-include the Fox “entertainment” network at press gaggles). Here is the whole of Rigby’s fine addition:

“…To be fair, in 2009, the Obama administration tried to exclude FOX News from press pool events, but in that case, every single other news organization rose up in protest, threatening to skip press events until FOX News was reinstated. The administration quickly relented.

A few stark differences to note: This time, no other news organization challenged the administration about the ban, not because they agreed with the administration, but because they knew that threatening to skip press events would mean nothing. The administration would be perfectly happy to speak only to reporters from OAN, FOX News, and deranged right-wing blogs like, well, PowerLine.

Also, Obama kind of had a point. I mean, why give oxygen to a network that devoted so much outrage to his tan suit and other nonsense? Unlike the AP, FOX News is not, nor has it ever been, a serious news outlet. Still, the First Amendment is the First Amendment, and good for all the real news outlets, I guess, for having the courage to stand up for their ugly step-sibling.

It’s a pity they can’t show the same courage now….”

Quite so, Rigby. End updated portion.

Overnight, Hinderaker admits what was obvious to anyone with a working forebrain: USDC Judge McFadden was absolutely right to rule that Trump violated the First Amendment — by imposing restrictions on only the AP news gathering organization.

But in a bizarre case of endless boot-licking, Hinderaker goes on to say that Trump was able to “make his point.” [What point is made by violating 250 years of our law, and to punish news gathering organizations — for doing their jobs, John? That he’s a… fascist?!]

Rather than criticizing an unconstitutional order out of 1600 Penn, John feels it’s a better idea to praise him — for doing something no other US president has ever done, despite specifically swearing an oath to uphold the US Constitution.

I find this sort of cowardly supplicant behavior… deeply disgusting — from a man who used to be a lawyer.

But I get it: John doesn’t want to be next, and see his revenue cut off, from the GOP.

It would be far more interesting of course if John would write about the fact that MAGA Speaker Johnson has pulled Trump‘s funding legislation, from its march along the approval process.

This would suggest that there are deep fractures inside the GOP, primarily probably driven by Trump‘s own violations of… yup, the Constitution (as found by multiple courts).

John would be wise to take heed of what some (even MAGA winger) people are doing — in Congress. [And they are probably not very happy about the tariff flip-flops, which make all of them look like malign idiots.]

They are beginning to oppose his agenda — if pure chaos can even be called… an agenda. The real agenda is to numb people out — by overwhelming them with fearful sound bites… with the hope that the electorate will just let him stay on for a third term or beyond. And let him take their rights.

Nope. Not on MY watch — and not on Rigby’s (I strongly suspect).

Out.