Michael Fenichel<p>>> White House Correspondents’ dinner cancels comedian Amber Ruffin’s appearance</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/29/nx-s1-5344487/white-house-correspondents-dinner-amber-ruffin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/29/nx-s1-53444</span><span class="invisible">87/white-house-correspondents-dinner-amber-ruffin</span></a></p><p>Indeed, an "ideal fit" for the once-venerated event: humor mixed with calling <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Truth</span></a> to power / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> </p><p>She is an amazing source of energy and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reality</span></a> - so of course she's been axed....</p><p>No sense of humor - or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reality</span></a>, much less <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ContextAndPerspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContextAndPerspective</span></a> among the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GQP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/denial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>denial</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> </p><p>Shame, shame on this assault on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reality</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/integrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>integrity</span></a> </p><p>😞 😠</p>