Biden just finished a press conference

[CatWoman]

and took questions.

Unlike Trump.

Biden actually took and answered questions regarding the "classified documents", er, controversy.

He's not trying to run and hide.

He hasn't taken to social media to rant, rave and point fingers.

He actually took and answered questions.

[Ocelot II]

1. What did he say?

[CatWoman]

3. takes classified documents seriously

cooperating fully with DOJ

and I think the docs were turned over to DOJ?

[JohnSJ]

4. lol. One would think that would be important. The business outlets indicated he would be talking

about the state of inflation, but no doubt I am sure the illustrious press will ask him about the classified documents, and I wouldn't be surprised if some in the press corps make verbal comments in their questions trying to equate it with what trump did

[CatWoman]

5. he did talk about that

but when he opened up the floor for questions, that's all reporters wanted to ask.

he also mentioned Jill was in the hospital. I didn't catch what her ailment was/is.

[JohnSJ]

6. Thanks CatWomen. They found a couple of places with a basal carcinoma skin cancer, and had them

removed. It was reported in the press yesterday. That type of skin cancer is very common, and very treatable, so I would expect the prognosis to be excellent

[Liberty Belle]

18. Basal cell carcinoma is slow growing and very treatable.

I had one that was misdiagnosed for nearly two years, and had a Mohs procedure (same as Jill Biden). It's stayed gone since then, probably 10-15 years ago or more.

Melanoma is the worst and most dangerous form of skin cancer.

Second worse is squamous cell carcinoma. I had one of those on my scalp, little more involved to remove it -- and it was my hairdresser who spotted it after she reopened from COVID lockdowns. She probably saved my life.

If you have to get skin cancer, basal cell is the least concerning, grows very slowly, and generally does not metastasize/spread elsewhere.

[dweller]

7. She had

Cancerous lesions removed from her face
I didn’t know she was still in hospital


✌🏻

[claudette]

8. I read that Jill

had a cancerous lesion removed but I didn't think it required hospitalization. Wonder what it is?

[jaxexpat]

15. MOHS surgery generally is an outpatient scenario.

[MichMan]

11. Peter Doocy was the one that asked him how she was doing.

[Kingofalldems]

12. I'm sure he was sincere.

Not.

[ShazzieB]

28. Or as I like to call him, Peter Douchey.

Never has a name cried out more clearly for punning!

[housecat]

31. He was set up

[Deuxcents]

2. Why do the press yell out questions instead of waiting to be called on?

It’s ridiculous n looks like a free for all circus

[JohnSJ]

9. Perhaps they have hearing problems?

[claudette]

10. Because they are

ignorant

[Laura PourMeADrink]

23. That's not true. Geesh

[MichMan]

13. If the administration doesn't ask if there are any questions , that is their only chance.

[getagrip_already]

16. joe did open it up for questions....

The traditional practice would be for the reporters to raise their hands and be acknowledged by the speaker. They would then get to ask their question.

Press demeaner started to break down with reagan and accelerated all the way through trump.

it is now just a zoo.

[calimary]

19. As one who's been in those competitive scrums, I can try to explain it.

The key word is “competitive.”

Everybody wants to get their questions answered, in such a way that one of their questions makes the big headline on the front page or the lead story on the newscast.

A two-headed reason:
1) important question elicits a big story, unforgettable comment, power-jolting or pecking-order-shifting result; a big wrong is exposed or rectified; a new wisdom, explanation, or take on reality breaks through. The “get it and get it first” thing that generates headlines that grab anttention and a life of its own.
And 2) the reporter who asks that provocative or powerful question gains stature, rises above the pack, polishes his or her persona in ways that often elevate their positions or salaries or career advancement, or all three.

I’ve been in those situations. Backstage at the Oscars, the big winner arrives to make statements and take questions, and everybody in the press corps is out of their seats and crowding the platform, all of them with questions for THEIR publication or network or outlet. Everybody’s calling out for the celebrity’s attention and even trying to yell out their questions before even being formally recognized. You have to push hard to be heard.

I did that, too. With some success. I can get loud when I need to. That’s what I could do to make sure my question stood out, got heard, and hopefully earned a response. My supervisor who always came west to anchor the on-scene coverage (and was highly critical of everything) commented “your voice carries.” And it wasn’t a negative critique, which surprised the heck outta me! Well, for some reason, he was right, and it did (and still does). But hey, if you can make yourself heard above a loud and insistent pack of reporters, then so much the better.

[MyOwnPeace]

21. Thanks, Cali - great explanation!

In looking back, one gains even more respect for the brutal way Jen Psaki handled Peter Doocy, essentially burying him under his own pile of stupidity - and every day he kept coming back for "More, Please!"

[calimary]

26. Peter Doocy. Fox News. Maybe that's all we need to know.

We do have long-running evidence that Fox News is - um - shall we say BIASED??? They can always be counted on to accentuate the negative in all-things-liberal/Democrats/Biden while going the other way on all-things-conservative/Republican.

My experience taught me always to consider the source and whatever ulterior motivations and/or agendas might be at work in these cases. And never to just swallow it whole.

[Rebl2]

14. Totally agree

[KS Toronado]

17. Big egos in the press?

Shame the White House doesn't have a rule "you yell--you get no answers" policy and if time is limited,
draw their name/number out of a hat/globe and that's all the questions today. That way no favorites.
However I think they like to call on FQX, to make him look foolish.

[Traildogbob]

20. Did he

Declassify them With his mind, rant that they were his, scream presidential
Privilege, or Presidents can not be charged or investigated. Did he start bellowing about those witches the libs keep hunting for?

[LymphocyteLover]

22. That is good to know but the problem is no matter how sanely he responds to this, the right

is going to be utterly stupid and hysterical and insufferable about the supposed double standard.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

24. You are absolutely right!

[yardwork]

25. I hope his team is alert to dirty GOP tricks.

This is starting to remind me of what was done to the Clinton administration, and before that, Jimmy Carter.

The GOP has a long history of dirty tricks and ratfucking. And the dirtiest trickster of all is Roger Stone.

The Secret Service is not to be trusted. And there's a very long history of what that can mean, going back to Julius Caesar and before.

[usaf-vet]

27. What I have always found confusing is the process by which an individual with clearance "aquires"...

..... classified documents? I would guess that a POTUS or VP wouldn't wander over to the national archives with their "library card" and check them out.

I again would guess that some staff member or aide with clearance would pick up and deliver the requested documents.

Given the busy schedule of the POTUS and VP, it would seem that someone with clearance would be assigned to "keep track" of those documents and have the ability to ask periodically if they were ready to be returned.

At the very least, the National Archive might send a reminder "that according to their records," said documents might need to be returned if they are no longer in use. Additionally, they would keep tracking records and KNOW what documents were missing and needed to be returned.

The confusion over TFG's held classified documents makes it sound like no one knows for sure what is missing.

[BlueCheeseAgain]

29. There's no central repository for classified documents.

And I'm sure in the White House, they're up to their ears in the stuff. They probably handle them regularly. In fact, they probably often create them themselves.

Most likely what happened is that when packing things up, some classified stuff got mixed up with unclassified stuff, and has been sitting in a basement/closet for years. I would honestly think that happens all the time.

That's also likely why the government didn't make a big deal about Trump at first either. First, they asked nicely for the documents. Then, they issued a subpoena. Finally, they got a search warrant. Basically, only when it seemed Trump was willfully refusing to give the documents back did they take serious action.

[Cha]

30. That should piss off the "media"..

TY for this, Cat.

He probably didn't give a clues how this all happened since it's an ongoing investigation, right?

[Meowmee]

32. It won't matter

They will still crucify him

[live love laugh]

33. Answers which they will twist and distort... but good on him.