TRUMP: Who do you work for?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 20, 2025
REPORTER: NOTUS
TRUMP: I don't even know what the hell that is. Get yourself a real job. pic.twitter.com/pzyw54LAB5
What's NOTUS? Not us??? It's — as distinguished from SCOTUS and POTUS — News Of The United States.
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Looks like they've been going to press, but Trump didn't NOTUS.
All journalists would benefit if they were required to have worked a real job first.
AI will put all these jokerlists out of a job. You know who'll notice? NOT US.
Johnson's face is priceless.
Those who can't, become "teachers."
Those who can't cant, become "journalists"
Those who can't can't can't, teach journalisms.
And then there are those who fail all walks of life- they become social(ist) workers.
I liked the study that came out over the weekend about journalists bei low iq drunks.
It was peer reviewed! How dare anyone question it?
John Henry
"I don't even know what the hell that is. Get yourself a real job."
This is a great way to diminish and shame up-and-coming news organizations (many with far larger audiences) in favor of established, trusted names in news such as CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS and the Associated Press. Trump has heard of them, and very seldom encourages those "journalists" to "get a real job."
That's the message conveyed here and it's the message that will kill all of Trump's election-garnered momentum when he was amplifying marginalized voices.
Stupid move.
I think Trump is our funniest POTUS. Reagan was a close 2nd.
It's a selfie-declaration. That's not funny.
If you don't pay tuition promptly, you're put on...oh nevermind.
A jit, a jot, a JOTUS.
Big Mike said...
All journalists would benefit if they were required to have worked a real job first.
They would benefit even more if they received a monthly public whipping.
Journalists drink too much, are bad at managing emotions, and operate at a lower level than average, according to a new study
NOTUS claims to be a nonprofit. They should check with MSNBC to see how making no profit is working out for them.
News Media: “we are going to drop a truth bomb. You’d better sit down for this…”
Sentient Citizenry: “Stick that right up your bottoms!”
“That's the message conveyed here and it's the message that will kill all of Trump's election-garnered momentum when he was amplifying marginalized voices.”
You jest, of course.
At this point, it’s blindingly and immediately obvious when a “journalist” is a prog hysteria-monger. They’ve absolutely trashed the credibility of their own profession. Trump’s contempt here is completely merited.
Those guys in the band need a bowl of slop or soup. They all look to weigh about 130 pounds.
According to Google, that's what the average 14 year-old girl weighs.
FormerLawClerk said...
"I don't even know what the hell that is. Get yourself a real job."
This is a great way to diminish and shame up-and-coming news organizations (many with far larger audiences) in favor of established, trusted names in news such as CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS and the Associated Press. Trump has heard of them, and very seldom encourages those "journalists" to "get a real job."
That's the message conveyed here and it's the message that will kill all of Trump's election-garnered momentum when he was amplifying marginalized voices.
Stupid move.
5/20/25, 11:15 AM
He has criticized the established media reporters in much more systematic, and occasionally personal, way. This was some off-the-cuff mild criticism. HTFU and get on with life. A nothing-burger incident that will only live on in the dark bowels of the archives of this blog. Maybe also in the PTSD this has caused you? I don't know, we'll see.
It was also mildly amusing and earned an unctuously sardonic, maybe even emmoliently embalminating, grin.
POTUS and SCOTUS are acronyms of actual constitutional branches of the US government. Which branch, which part of the constitution, created NOTUS?
Or are they just a bunch of clowns who think giving themselves an impressive name makes them impressive?
2023…
There once was a deranged old POTUS
Who wanted to have congress with FLOTUS
His mind made a promise that his body couldn’t fill
And what was raised nobody took NOTUS
If you go to their website Homepage, you'll be treated to Who They Are, and then Who Their Donors Are, and then nice little portrait photos of All Of Them, and then, finally, at the bottom, a couple of sections of news stories. Trump was being kind.
Well, journalists in general have completely thrown their credibility in the trash, so a new organization does not start out with the benefit of the doubt. But, we'll see.
It doesn't bode well that they have chosen an acronym mimicking an official government function.
The media became very used to politicians fearing them. Trump doesn't and why should he? He can't win with them no matter what. They're going to write the worst things they can come up with about him regardless. They destroyed their own power when it comes to Trump.
Trump supporters love it when he talks to "journalists" that way and so do a lot of people who aren't necessarily supporters but who are disgusted by what they see on the "news".
Renaming an old bunch of clowns NOTUS doesn't make them new.
Just like Axios (2017), they [NOTUS.org) have not been around long (just over a year) but you are led to believe they are a news organization and not some random web site.
Axios was a software solutions company before then.
In other news, charges were filed against Rep. LaShamu McIver for violently breaking into an ICE detention center in NJ and assaulting officers.
They expect an organization called NOTUS to be taken seriously?
"not us"?
Trump Impromptus - The Musical. It will open to mix reviews.
Some will call it slop and others will laugh and cry 😂
So NOTUS is going to tell us how it really is and why it really is. It's associated with Politico, the news outlet that informed America that anybody who doubted Biden's mental acuity after the debate was a right wing conspiracy theorist. Oh Kaaay.
its another slimey tentacle of politico, with minions from the daily basilisk,
they probably are funded by usaid, or were,
If they are a non-profit, it sounds like a device to latch onto USAID money, to me. I could be wrong, I suppose.
narciso beat me to it.
Mike Johnson's face, lol.
I despise both acronyms, POTUS and SCOTUS, particularly the inclusion of the preposition and the article. Google's AI disagrees, but I take that contention as a point in my favor. We don't need to make acronyms pronounceable. Generally, acronyms are for saving paper and ink further down in a document after the full title has been clearly stated. We have far too many as it is, so speak established words whenever possible. Neologisms are for new concepts, the presidency isn't new, nor is the high court.
POTUS and SCOTUS are slacker talk. If you want my respect, say "the President"; and while you're at it, ditch the hoodie. Trust me. In 20 years, those with POTUS on their lips might as well say 23 skidoo.
i suspect they were garbage publication, why else would tractor rupar, white night for them
Quaestor: We don't need to make acronyms pronounceable.
Maybe we don't need to make abbreviations pronouncable, but pronouncability is the defining characteristic that makes an acronym.
This is a great way to diminish and shame up-and-coming news organizations (many with far larger audiences) in favor of established, trusted names in news such as CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS and the Associated Press. Trump has heard of them, and very seldom encourages those "journalists" to "get a real job."
Oh, he kicks the shit out of the legacy fake news too, although not often enough to suit me.
narciso said...
"i suspect they were garbage publication, why else would tractor rupar, white night for them"
NOTUS is currently an online publication sponsored by non-profit AJI, whose site contains a list of its financial sponsors.
There is not BS there, unlike expressions used here like "rupar" which the Urban Dictionairy defines as a verb meaning "to purposely mislead and completely mischaracterize" - which is what you are doing, narciso.
Your ending expression, "why else would tractor rupar, white night for them" just doesn't pass the English language test, BTW.
If gadfly is defending it, case closed, it's garbage.
JOTUS thought they could punk POTUS in order to earn Prog Credit. Surely, you jest.
There once was a deranged old POTUS,
Who wanted to have congress with FLOTUS,
His mind made a promise,
That his body couldn’t harness,
And what was raised nobody took NOTUS.
Using Grok to go where our hostess did not
Prior to 2000, VISA, the credit card company, was non-profit. People like botfly use the term “non-profit” as if it gives them higher moral standing, when all it means is they avoid paying taxes. And if you attempt to avoid paying taxes, botfly will call you immoral. Get a real job, indeed.
"People like botfly use the term “non-profit” as if it gives them higher moral standing"
People like to use the term as it evokes the idea of unpaid volunteers "giving back" to the community, like maybe an animal rescue or a group who helps clean up trash in public areas on their days off.
How many people working at NOTUS are unpaid and donating their time for free? None (or damn close to it), I'd bet. The money to pay them and the operating expenses of the business is coming from somewhere (recently, one of those places was from US taxpayers, through USAID). If you look in the background, you'll probably find some rich benefactor helping cover the bills.
"Non-profit"? Yeah, sure. Whatever you say.
ALX 🇺🇸
@alx
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1h
Jake Tapper: “Alex and I are here to say the conservative media was right and conservative media was correct and that there should be a lot of soul searching, not just among me, but among the legacy media.”
https://x.com/alx/status/1924909818449383874
If not us, then who?
Yeaaahhh.
I went to the NOTUS website, and looked up news for my state.
Yeaaaahhh.
wendybar said...
ALX 🇺🇸
@alx
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1h
Jake Tapper: “Alex and I are here to say the conservative media was right and conservative media was correct and that there should be a lot of soul searching, not just among me, but among the legacy media.”
https://x.com/alx/status/1924909818449383874
This is the type of thing a criminal says right before news drops that Jake and his family were getting paid a bunch of USAID money.
Birches said...
How many boots do you have to lick and how many asses do you have to kiss in order to have that kind of demeanor?
There are about as many unpaid workers at NOTUS as there were unpaid rioters in that "summer of love" in Minnesota.
Sounds about right.
The thing that stuck out to me during Tapper's non-apology is that he really believes he is neutral in his coverage. CNN is deeply embedded in the DC bubble.
pacwest said...
The thing that stuck out to me during Tapper's non-apology is that he really believes he is neutral in his coverage. CNN is deeply embedded in the DC bubble.
No he doesn't.
He knows if they go digging they will find Tapper was getting paid with US taxpayer money somehow. Everyone in the regime media and the greater DC area was feeding at that trough.
Tapper is just trying to pretend he was lied to rather than part of the conspiracy. He din do nuffin.
Quaestor said...
"I despise both acronyms, POTUS and SCOTUS, particularly the inclusion of the preposition and the article."
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So, PUS would be acceptable to you? It would among Trump haters, I suppose.
Unlike Kristi Noem, NOTUS KNOWS what habeas corpus is and what it means.
Does this blog have a tag for "Trump being an "asshole"? If it doesn't then it should because this is a prime example of it. What should matter here is the demonstrated record & credibility of the correspondent's previous writing. I don't think Trump would do that to Jake Tapper deserved though it might be. And that particular difference is what makes it bullying. That Trump has never heard of the guy's publication has about as much bearing on the question asked as is what the brand name of the laptop he wrote it on is tbh. (Oh and I voted for Trump all three times.)
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