For legal purposes that may be true, but for the people who believe trump 24/7, it was absolutely necessary whether they believe it now or not. At least they've taken this stand. For once.

call Congress an fake news and the enemy of the people and the opposition still?

The walls are closing in...although not mentioning Shitler by name is probably what it took for the cowardly Republicans to sign on.

Journalists are not at war with anything, p.s. Fox has no journalists, they are just doing their jobs!

For those that don't understand the irony in this you probably don't belong in an intellectual conversation.

Regarding journalists at Faux.

I think he qualifies as a journalist.

Fox is mostly right wing opinion, but not 100%

brain dead audience would tolerate.

Agreed?

Their zombies, as you know, have been howling for his head for years - usually peppered with every kind of homophobic epithet you can imagine.

He's a brave guy. And when the next generation looks back at this dark period, I think history will treat him kindly.

He only looks like one because of what he is surrounded
He is upset that il douche is going after his profession
He happily ran and pushed the anti-Acorn pieces that faux spews went with. He was also an Ailes apologist

The need for affirmation which pushes back against the assertions of a U.S. President is definitely surreal.

Yes... But El Trumpo doesn't know the Constitution and doesn't give a crap what it says. He does care when someone spanks him in public, as the Senate did today.

Especially considering we are in the midst of a soft Trump/GOP coup. I'm glad they had this vote.

our Legislature won't support it.

More like Privileges for those People who can afford to buy them (those 'People' would be Mitt Romneys Corporate People by the way--the rest of us are just dirty consumer-pesants).

I'm surprised they managed to pass it with unanimous consent.

I mean, this is the first time the US Senate has condemned a comment from Trump. I think some GOPers see the writing on the wall.

First time was 98-0 against letting Putin interrogate any American:

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00162

Frankly, this is mere mealy-mouth stuff. If they REALLY wanted to assert any kind of defiance, they'd put the Kavanaugh stuff on hold til the Mueller probe is completed. It's kinda hard accepting - or even considering - a Supreme Court nominee from a completely ILLEGITIMATE "pResident."

He CHEATED TO WIN.

And what's worse, he cheated with the help of a HOSTILE FOREIGN POWER.

What's worst of all - he cheated with the help of a hostile foreign power WHOSE HELP HE AND/OR HIS CAMPAIGN ACTIVELY AND WILLLINGLY SOLICITED, AND ACCEPTED.

(CNN)The Senate took a bipartisan swipe at President Donald Trump on Tuesday when it overwhelmingly approved a motion of support for NATO.
The 97-2 vote reflects the broad concerns on Capitol Hill over Trump's seeming ambivalence about the alliance and his commitment to it.
The vote came the same day Trump arrived in Brussels, Belgium, for a summit of NATO nations and shortly before he heads to Helsinki, Finland, for a one-on-one session with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Before he landed in Brussels, Trump tweeted some of his concerns about NATO:

"Many countries in NATO, which we are expected to defend, are not only short of their current commitment of 2% (which is low), but are also delinquent for many years in payments that have not been made. Will they reimburse the U.S.?"

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/10/politics/senate-nato-vote-trump/index.html

Breaking: Trump reads part of the U.S. Constitution!

Freedom of the press

The very constitution he swore on oath to uphold.

So when his supporters, those veterans and those soldiers boo the media.....they are booing the constitution

But the Rethugs in congress continue to aid and abet the POtuS who continues to attack the institution of the free press.

by which they swear they will obey their oath of office or else resign........

Nobody had to stand up and say so in the open. Cowards. I guess it's kinda hard to show backbone when you don't have one in the first place.

It's the middle of the August recess. If there were even five Senators in the room, I'd be surprised.

just called the press "an enemy of the people."

But they still do nothing to reign in the traitor. Talk is cheap.

they are on record being in favor of the press. They have done their part. Please do not expect any more.

More puffery. But I have to ask, are we all out of thoughts and prayers?

the orange asshole agrees then promptly bans the press from all press conferences with the exception of fox news.

against a policy in place...forever.

Fox and some corporate RW media are the friends, all else are the enemy...that is now the obvious plan. Can state media have enough influence on enough folk to reach a fascist tipping point?

The fourth estate, not state media, stands in the way.

Tax payer time and money spent to disavow the nut in the white house? That's what's important?! That's what needs to be addressed?!

However, given that this Senate won't even pass a resolution against domestic abuse, significant in a way.

-- Mal