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"White House pretends it's a news outlet, with new propaganda site."

The White House has launched a new government website called the “White House Wire,” which seems to pretty much just be a rip-off of the famously conservative Drudge Report.

But instead of Drudge’s flashing red light, the White House site features a running ticker that repeats “WHWIRE” over and over … and over again.

Drudge, once an ally but now a critic of Trump, responded by calling out the waste of taxpayer dollars.

“IT TAKES AN ENTIRE WEST WING TO COMPETE WITH DRUDGE…DEVELOPING: TRUMP LAUNCHING HIS OWN DRUDGE REPORT… USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS!” it wrote.The White House Wire aggregates news from Trump administration press releases, Right Side Broadcasting Network, The Daily Caller, and Fox News, with headlines focused on Trump’s supposed successes and the occasional story alleging that undocumented immigrants are murdering Americans. (Continued)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/1/2319929/-White-House-pretends-it-s-a-news-outlet-with-new-propaganda-site

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