The press secretary is supposed to spin the news, not be the news.

On that most essential qualification, the new lead White House spokeswoman, Katie Zacharia, is struggling.

She has presented herself as a lawyer but does not meet the requirements in her home state to use that title. And at least one watchdog group has asked the State Bar of California to investigate.

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    It’s my theory that they put an intentionally bad candidate in place. People will talk about her rather than what she’s supposed to be talking about. She will be a distraction and then shit canned once they’re clear of midterms.

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    She’s distracting everyone from being angry that the present fucked children. That’s her job.

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    After graduating from Pepperdine University law school,[9][10] Zacharia worked at the Zhong Lun Law Firm.[11][12]

    On October 13, 2026, a reporter asked where Zacharia passed the bar exam, and she replied, “When I moved to China.”[17] The bar exam in mainland China is reserved only for Chinese citizens, which Zacharia is not. Journalist Judd Legum said he could not find any evidence that Zacharia had passed the bar exam anywhere in the United States, a finding confirmed by The Washington Post. Despite there being no evidence that Zacharia had passed bar exams in any jurisdictions, Zacharia has repeatedly referred to herself as a lawyer during her appearances on Fox News and on her social media accounts.[17][18][10] On October 14, the Campaign for Accountability filed a complaint with the State Bar of California, asking that it investigate whether Zacharia had violated state law in so doing.[19]

    wikipedia

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    So if we condemn her does the cost of living go down?

    She’ll piss off trump and be fired soon enough. It’s really not worth covering.

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      Are you under the impression everyone has to agree on which stories get covered and attention? For the most part it’s getting covered like all his terrible, incapable and unqualified appointments do. It’s interesting. It’s predictable. And people can pay attention to several things at once. People are still very much focused on his shitty war, shitty economy.

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        Apparently my opinion is so wrong you need to come and knock it though.

        At least you get a cohort siding with you.

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            Anyone that disagrees slightly is a red hat. Discourse is never alowed.

            You’re just so excited to dunk on someone slightly outside of your group. This is why bad people feast on your rights.

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        This might be why your bosses lost an election to a felon. This is playing right into his little games.

        People can barely pay attention to whatever you divert their attention to. That bears its self out every single day.

        Its very interesting that anywhere I see a board labeled politics you can only comment the standing mantras of the DNC.

        To those not getting paid to post: Keep fighting the good fight. The old guard is flailing.

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          Are you under the impression I’m a paid poster or bot? Even a cursory look at my post history would dispel that notion. I’m also not a centrist or supporter of the dnc, it needs to be broken up and replaced by the actual left.

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      Why did you click on this story if it’s not worth covering. You thought it was worth a view and a comment

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        You condemn society yet you participate in it? Curios indeed.

        I should edit my og comment to say, reply for free upvotes.

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    On her Linkedin page Zacharia lists herself as having worked as an “associate” in the international practice group at the Zhong Lun Law Firm in Beijing for nearly two years starting in 2011.

    Chinese plant from Xi?

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    Trump can’t see anything beyond the fact that she looks like his daughter he wants to fuck and has definitely molested.

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    Canada had a Conservative Party leader who’s best lie was he was an insurance broker. He was also a US citizen.

    What kind of loser lies about being an insurance broker.