Sen. Fetterman will ‘be back soon,’ comms director says
Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania checked into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for clinical depression more than a month ago, according to communications director Joe Calvero. I plan to return “soon”. “He’ll be back soon. It will take at least a week or more, but soon,” Joe Calvero said Thursday. Associated Press. According […]
Feds want Twitter’s internal Musk comms, reporter names
The Federal Trade Commission has sent more than a dozen letters to Twitter since Elon Musk took over as CEO, disclosing a wide range of internal communications, including the names of all reporters who have accessed the so-called “Twitter files.” House Republicans said they are demanding it. Tuesday. The FTC’s request is clarified in the […]
Fetterman ‘remains on a path to recovery’: comms director
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania checked into a hospital to receive treatment for depression earlier this month and is “on the road to recovery,” according to Monday. statement From Joe Carvelo, his Communications Director. “I don’t have much to update people because I have no real news to report, except that John is doing […]
‘Biden Showered With His Daughter’: WH Comms In Hot Water After Sharing Tweet
White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates found himself in hot water Wednesday after sharing a video from an account mocking President Joe Biden. Bates shared a video of White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, posted by Greg Price, Senior Digital Strategist at XStrategies LLC and former Daily Caller Social Media Coordinator. Before Bates shared […]
Incoming White House comms director deleted dozens of tweets days before new role was publicized
Incoming White House communications chief Ben LaBolt deleted dozens of tweets days before his new role was announced. The White House announced Friday, Feb. 10 that Kate Bedingfield, President Biden’s director of communications and who has been with the president since her inauguration in 2021, will step down at the end of this month and […]
Ex-Mark Zuckerberg spox to lead Biden comms team as Bedingfield exits
WASHINGTON — The White House announced Friday that Ben Rabolt, a former spokesman for Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, will become President Biden’s new communications director as Kate Bedingfield resigns. Bedingfield, 41, announced his resignation last year, giving the Wall Street Journal a scoop to irritate some reporters and sabotage others who got wind […]
