Soup for Trumps "Enemies of the State" (All you leakers out there)

The New York Times
By Julie Hirschfeld and Michael M. Grynbaum
Feb. 24, 2017

Trump Intensifies His Attacks on Journalists and Condemns F.B.I. ‘Leakers’

WASHINGTON — President Trump turned the power of the White House against the news media on Friday, escalating his attacks on journalists as “the enemy of the people” and berating members of his own F.B.I. as “leakers” who he said were putting the nation at risk.

Hours after the speech, as if to demonstrate Mr. Trump’s determination to punish reporters whose coverage he dislikes, Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, barred journalists from The New York Times and several other news organizations from attending his daily briefing, a highly unusual breach of relations between the White House and its press corps.

The moves underscored the degree to which Mr. Trump and members of his inner circle are eager to use the prerogatives of the presidency to undercut those who scrutinize him, dismissing negative stories as lies and confining press access at the White House to a few chosen news organizations considered friendly. The Trump White House has also vowed new efforts to punish leakers.

Reporters from The Associated Press and Time magazine, who were set to be allowed in, chose not to attend the briefing in protest of the White House’s actions. The Washington Post did not send a reporter to the session.

“Nothing like this has ever happened at the White House in our long history of covering multiple administrations of different parties,” Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The Times, said in a statement. “We strongly protest the exclusion of The New York Times and the other news organizations. Free media access to a transparent government is obviously of crucial national interest.”

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To honor the patriotic intentions and spirit of the FBI on a cold winter night, Granny Annie has decided to serve her beloved friends, family and countrymen a real heart warming dish of loving soup for their souls. Tonight's receipe:

                          Granny Annie's Politic Cafe "Leekers Soup"

4 chopped Leeks

4 large chopped Yukon Gold potatoes

1 cup of chopped Cauliflower

1 cup of chopped Butternut Squash

8 cups of Chicken stock

1 cup of Heavy Cream

2 tblsp. of Olive Oil

4 tblsp. Butter

1 tblsp. minced Garlic

1 tblsp. of Mediterranean Sea salt

1 tblsp. of coarse ground Pepper

1/4 cup of chopped Chives

Chop off end roots of Leeks and remove outside thick green leaves and wash remaining leaves of Leeks well to remove any sandy grit present from growing in outside soil. Use large non-stick pot and place butter and olive oil in bottom of pan with heat at moderate  temperature. Chop all Leeks into 1 inch long sized chops and add to cooking pot. Add potatoes chopped to bite size and cook for 15 minutes. Then add cauliflower, butternut squash, chicken stock, garlic, salt, pepper and cook for 45 minutes. Remove pot from heat and use either a blender or a hand mixer to make a creamy soup. Lastly add heavy cream and mix in soup. Garnish soup with chives. 

This soup is dedicated to all the patriotic "Leakers", who resist toxic regimes and support the value of democracy and the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. 

                                                "Boner Appertite!"