MSNBC Part Five

Much better.

Obnoxious faggot

Thank you for posting this image of Jill Wine-Banks during the Nixon take-down, this is courage.

One apostrophe, one period, this is excellent, restrained punctuation, OP.

Tippi is fabulous, as always.

Tippi is fabulous, but Jill Wine-Banks? Well, There's a throwdown Tippi's bound to lose.

Thanks, r4. My private mind has you enveloped in multiple exclamations.

I'm imagining throw-downs and who would survive.

Three in the ring: Joe Scarborough, Chris Mathews and Chris Cuomo. All three of them in love with the sound of their own voice. Who comes out loudest.

None of them listen, so I think it would be a clusterfuck of noise at first. Try shutting any one of them up, it cannot be done.

Joy Reid substituting for Lawrence tonight, is talking to MIchael Isikoff about his article that reveals that the FBI has wiretaps of Trump Jr. talking to a Putin alley at an NRA convention.

Trump Jr, you in danger girl!

There's a sadness I have, waking up early and wanting to turn on the tv.

Scarborough is ridiculous and impossible on MSNBC, Cuomo is ridiculous and impossible on CNN, Robin Meade is always ridiculous and impossible on HLN.

As a result I have a great pancake recipe and I've learned to love the sound of my own mind.

But if Nicolle or Tur substitutes I'm good, real good. Or Ruhle, who cracks me up.

It's just a desperate hour, and I often reach for MTM reruns.

We don't often talk about HLN, so I'll throw this out here:

Robin Meade in the morning makes me want to kill myself five times in the head.

Do I need to follow all of the MSNBC #5 threads??

There’s always Fox, R10.

Ari is so nasal that I think if he blew me he would sneeze.

Stephanie Ruhle is a new favorite of mine, she has a quick brain and an abrupt delivery. She should always wear those glasses as well.

She also has a way of leaning in to the camera and flaying her arms to take the space, r15. I cant guage her age at all, not even a little. Something about her makes me pay attention.

Could someone please explain the difference between this thread and the other, Part V? I've read that one, too, but I don't get the division...

The previous thread has been replaced for excessive punctuation, r12. You're exactly where you should be.

And r17, too.

I'm here for the dip, too, and Avenatti.

OP, your pic is PERFECT.

Chirpy Joy Reid now acts like she's back in the good graces of MSNBC's.

I might forgive, but like the Internet, I don't forget.

^^^ MSNBC's bosses.

Joy Reid is too confrontational -- at least once per show, she picks a fight with someone who seems to be there for the sole purpose of offering a point of view that she can attack, loudly & angrily. I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt on her previous comments about gay people, since she was raised in a narrow-minded religion & may well have "evolved", but I don't want to watch her lambaste a guest just to prove how tough she is. She comes across as a bully, & we get more than enough of that crap from Trump.

Joy Reid is all about race, every minute of every show.

Gets tiring fast.

No she isn't r25, but you seem obsessed with it.

What do we know about Sopan Deb? He’s on the KC/DC show talking about Arrested Development.

I’d post a pic but I can’t find one online that does him justice. Is he gay? Is he here to stay?

Is it just just me or does Craig Melber seem to hate that he still has the 1pm weekday hour on MSNBC? He seems to only be happy when appearing on the Today show a few days a week, chillin' with his friends, and then co-hosting Today on Saturdays when he really takes charge.

Cut the man loose from cable and let him succeed or fail on the big boy network, I suggest.

Agreed, R28! The sooner he's gone from MSNBC, the happier I'll be -- if he's happier too, that's even better. Whose bright idea was it to have a guy with a voice like Andy Devine read the news?

I guess it takes all kinds cause Craig Melvin's voice is one of the sexiest things about him, IMHO. And those eyes!

Craig Melber? We see what you value Craig for.

Craig Melvin is a total blank. He doesn't display any passion for politics, which you need at 1pm on MSNBC, or particular intelligence, or humor.

But they can't fire him now because MSNBC/NBC has done so much ethnic cleansing over the past two years.

You're probably right, R32. All he's got going for him is that he's a Token Black, & he doesn't even look very black.

Our good ole boy Todd......

I'm becoming concerned about Ali Velshi. He was gone last week (& maybe the week before) "on assignment" -- yesterday, he was just "off" but I assumed that was because of the holiday -- today, he's "off" again.

He's not a hearthrob, but I like him because he seems to have a realistic/cynical view of the world, explains economic stuff well, & is not afraid to say that Trump is "lying" rather than using a euphemism. I miss seeing him & hope he's OK.

Craig is sexy as hell

In what way, R36? I just don't see it (or hear it in that terrible voice).

[R35], don’t worry, Ali is fine.

When they say they are on assigment, it means they are working on a story, or verifying a story, NBC is about to break.

I have a weird little crush on Last Word commentator Harry Litman.

Thanks, R38 -- I don't use Twitter, so I'm glad to see his statement here. Good to know he's OK.

Sorry but Robert Codta lost his sex appeal. He used to be beary but not now. He’s a handsome man and is talented. I hope that his rapid weight loss was the result of healthy choices and not a medical issue.

OP, yours is one of the best thread pics I've seen. It totally captures life in Trump's shit storm. Bravo, OP, well done.

Costa finally got some clothes that fit him. He does look better, someone must have told him he wasn't camera ready.

R40, Litman reminds me of a slightly more butch Paul Lynde.

Someone upthread mentioned a compelling idea: getting the Great Interrupters Scarborough, Cuomo and Chris Matthews on one panel. I mean, in a purely comedic sense, this match-up could be hilarious viewing. Like Reservoir Dogs and their mouths for weapons, I'll bet all three end up dead.

I'm not averse. Not for five minutes at least.

I get that, r46. But on the other hand, there are some hosts on MSNBC and other networks who rarely cut off guests, even those not answering the question or just going on way too long. Somewhere between interrupting nonsense and bloviating, and letting everyone just say whatever they want no matter how silly, wordy or nonresponsive, lies the art of anchoring a panel.

But where's the fun in that, r47.

Joy Reid and her nasty blog are back in the news again. MSNBC trying to tough it out, which can happen when all attention on Barr and Bee.

I don't think Michael Costa looks good with that weight loss at all. He now looks like a completely different looking guy.

I've gone on to another Michael now - the nerdy Michael Schmidt

Ha ha, people are asking Ari Melber on Twitter if he’ll give his take on the Pusha-T vs Drake beef.

What a tool. I hope that he opens his show with an on-depth analysis of a fucking rap battle.

Mika was off again on a Friday, and Joe was in an undisclosed location, which only kicked in late (he joked about it when his feed finally came up- 'what were you kids up to this morning?')

Also, it does seem like Ali Velshi has been off air for a long time, even for vacation. Any news there?

R52, see R38 -- Velshie is doing volunteer work somewhere I never heard of & will be back on June 4.

Did that lazy dyke deign to work today, or is there another boring Richard Engel thing at 9pm?

Lawrence O'Donnell just showed up on AM Joy looking totally disheveled and hung over. However, his hair magically started to change every time the camera cut-away, until he was looking entirely slicked-down by the end of the segment. Magic.

Disheveled and hung over - that probably explains why O'Donnell didn't host his own show last night.

In fact Rachel expected to hand the baton over to him when her show was over last night but seemed caught off guard to find Ari taking his place

[quote]In fact Rachel expected to hand the baton over to him when her show was over last night but seemed caught off guard to find Ari taking his place

Ari announced on his show that he was hosting for O'Donnell, so it was planned.

All men look alike to Rachel.

I thought O'Donnell doesn't drink? I guess hangovers can result from other things besides alcohol.

Ari M looks ridiculous with this scruff. Is he taking a break in his bender to do his show? Is he hung over?

A man of a certain age (over 25) should either have a beard or be clean shaven. Scruff makes these people look unkempt. The show should consist that he be be presentable before going on the air.

Next week he’ll be wearing aviator sunglasses and a backwards baseball hat. Yuck.

disagree r60 Ari has sex all over his face today. hot and sexy. i think he'd look good with a stache too.

Melber looks ridiculous and unkempt with that stubble. Someone make him shave please.

R55: I saw Lawrence swipe is finders through his hair before commercial break :) I guess no makeup and hair when you’re a guest?

r63, I caught that too!

Shaved or not, Ari is so fucking hot I can't stand it.

Where is Frank Rich? I haven’t seen him on MSNBC in a long while.

Ali Velshi resurfaces. Sitting in for Lawrence tonight. Had some snazzy tie on and joked about his bald head.

R46, you can add the deeply unpleasant (imo) Halle Jackson to that scrum. On her show she interrupts, cuts off, and talks over her guests and fellow correspondents.

And when she's not doing that, she's doing this annoying and weird "Mmmmmm" at random times while a guest is speaking. Makes her sound like Dirk Caber eating a twink's ass.

Steve Kornacki is going to be up all night with primary election results -- in his element!

It's pretty ridiculous how much they are over hyping these primaries.

Having said that, I'm all MSNBC on election night in November.

Yes, here’s another post about Ari Melber rapping:

He just started rapping while reading from the TelePrompTer straight to camera. So the rap was included in the script. Which means that it was approved by his editors and producers. Insanity.

He must know that a certain portion of his audience HATES when he does that.

Still waiting for other MSNBC hosts to start including song lyrics in their reporting. Maybe Mika can quote a few lines from Troye Sivan about her “bloom” on Morning Joe.

Chris Hayes has been shamelessly hawking his books and podcasts every night. That's as annoying as rap to me.

When Chris started hawking his podcast, I wondered if he's been told he's gonna be off the network soon, so he's preparing for the future?

One night he was sniffing like crazy - and the speed with which he speaks makes me wonder about cocaine use. He used to be on my watch list but I just can't take his mania anymore. I cut off Chris Matthews too. Brian's shmoozing is getting on my nerves and I think Lawrence is actually rather stupid. Soon I'll be down to Rachel, giggling people-pleasing nervousness aside, she's hanging in there as the only one I'm not too annoyed with. Nicolle Wallace is ok but her interminable questions get my goat.

Kornacki was on Rachel last night saying he hadn't slept at all and I noticed his nose was leaking clear snot.

Kornacki's continual lunging at the camera, arms flailing like a windmill, as hyper as a speed freak, is exhausting to watch even for a minute.

[quote] Nicolle Wallace is ok but her interminable questions get my goat.

And her high squeaky voice! Pretty girls get away with a lot, so maybe she's never been told that, if her voice were dropped a couple of registers, she'd sound more dignified & intelligent (& less annoying). I do like her, but my ears start to bleed after an hour of THAT VOICE!

Harry Litman's nose is too small. BAD nose job!

At least there's a good range of idiosyncrasies. Imagine everyone being like Anderson

Nicole Wallace isn’t a reporter or a “newswoman.” She’s a “personality” so that’s what you’re intended to tune in for: the voice, the flirtiness, the eyerolls, the hairflips. etc.

[quote] Ari M looks ridiculous with this scruff.

Ari looks like the type of guy who if he doesn't shave twice a day, has scruff, so give him a break.

Would love to know if Ari wears tight bikini briefs on that hot little hairy ass of his.

Kornacki always gets cutesy with Brian Williams and Brian Williams is such a smooth talker.

Robert Costa is not the only reporter who has lost a lot of weight.

MSNBC contributor and Pulitzer Prize winner from the NYTimes Matt Apuzzo has also lost a ton of weight.

Matt Apuzzo today.

Ari M was clean shaven on the show today. So it can be done.

He seems the type to wear 90s-style boxer briefs.

New guy David Gura just ended a live intercontinental feed by thanking "my colleague here at NBC News, Kelly O'Donnell." Kind of presumptuous of the new boy, really.

Kelly O happens to be in Singapore while Gura sits inside MSNBC at 30 Rock on a summer weekend, so yeah.

[quote] When they say they are on assigment, it means they are working on a story, or verifying a story, NBC is about to break.

Or in rehab.

Ben Rhodes. Hot or not? I can’t decide.

I don't know about hot, but possibly cuddly.

I say hot. I suspect there's a nice hairy chest under that shirt.

Who's the whippersnapper after the 1 am O'Donnell show

David Gura! He's a cutie-pie. I want to make out with him.

David Gura definitely needs more attention here.

And WEHT Thomas Roberts?

Wow R84, that's quite a transformation. He looks like a different person now.

Who knew that Katy Tur is 6'3"?

Hallee Jackson is getting worse by the day. Almost as unwatchable as Chuck the Toad.

I don't like Hallie or Katy (who has the voice of a high school sophomore nervously giving a book report.)

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I’m sure that these rappers love the free publicity but they must laugh at the ridiculous middle aged white man who claims to be “so down with hip hop culture.”

My dad used to sing along to Motown hits on the car radio and I thought that was mortifying. Imagine what Ari’s family feels when he gets jiggy with it.

i'm sure Ari's family is very proud of him and his big sexy brain!

You know who's cute: Gadi Schwartz.

I like his cleft chin and he has a good body.

The day after he got back from covering the volcano, he did Instagram stories about all the clothes and underwear strewn around his apartment (while wearing a tank top), and I got hard.

David Gura has a small malocclusion of the jaw but he is still cute, I love his demeanor.

David Gura is a little too low-key/comatose for my taste. He’d be a good newsreader on the Today show. Zero personality or attitude, just the facts.

I like my MSNBC hosts to have a bit more vim and vigor than David can seem to muster.

David can suck a cock with plenty of vim.

Nicolle's reaction to Trump yesterday was hilarious. She kept making them replay the part he said about NK's beautiful beaches. She was incredulous and laughing, hiding her face.

I'm worried about Jill Wine-Banks. Last night, she appeared on Lawrence O'Donnell's show in a seductive red leopard print dress, and I'm not entirely sure that she was wearing a bra. When you add in the new Donna Mills hairdo, it's becoming embarrassing.

It's like she's become this out of control cougar since she became famous on MSNBC. Rachel Maddow or Mika need to have a talk with her.

ELIE HOGEN!!!!

I thought Jill was sexing it up last night too!

And she looked great! She is definitely a GILFIIWS

That Chicago accent on Jill Wine Banks!

R101, I agree Gadi is sexy as fuck. Would love to know if he's gay or straight (or something in between).

Gadi is straight and apparently hung — his girlfriend is out of his league, looks-wise.

[quote]I'm worried about Jill Wine-Banks

This is one of those lines that you read and understand and then think, "Only on Datalounge."

I love the Jill Wine-Banks Troll! I find myself feeling soothed whenever he posts. :)

Jill is the only reason to watch Brian Williams and Lawrence O'Donnell.

^^and Michael Avenatti !!! (they were quite good together on a panel 2 weeks back).

O Donnell is good by himself especially his openings. He doesn't mince words and calls Cheeto a pathological liar at least once per show.

Bow down bitches! Our Miss Winebanks is wearing a very special brooch tonight on Chris Hayes while discussing Michael Cohen. It's a canary in a cage with the door open and the canary is singing.

Agree about Gadi...super sexy. Found online where he was married to a woman before when living in New Mexico earlier in his career.

Another fan of Ms. Wine-Banks here.

She's looks great for her age. Do you realize she was a lawyer working on Watergate 45 years ago?

I mean damn girl.

MSNBC.is running commercials for the Chris Hayes podcast so it must be a network property and not just something that Chris does with his buddies on the weekend.

Why nothing yet on Sarah Huckabeast leaving the White House?

Cohen and the primaries are the big news stories tonight. Sarah is tiny tots.

Apparently fake news.

Sarah Sanders Denies CBS Report That She’s Leaving WH Position

Sarah Sanders ‏Verified account @PressSec

Does @CBSNews know something I don’t about my plans and my future? I was at my daughter’s year-end Kindergarten event and they ran a story about my “plans to leave the WH” without even talking to me. I love my job and am honored to work for @POTUS 5:51 PM - 13 Jun 2018

Maybe they're not talking about it, R121, because Sarah just says she's leaving before the end of the year with no specific date yet. If she was walking out the door tomorrow, perhaps they would consider it a bigger deal.

NY Times says the firm is leaving Cohen over a longstanding fee dispute. According to the Times, Cohen has not yet resolved to collaborate with law enforcement.

Cohen wanted something for free??? No way!

Emily Jane Fox is using Rachel to send messages from Cohen to Trump. And Rachel and MSNBC knows it.

Does Emily know that Rachel and MSNBC know it? Are they in it together? Is Emily “Team Cohen” or “Team MSNBC”?

Huh, r127?

Hottie Avenatti on O’Donnell now!

He’s also reinforcing the expensive lawyers overwhelming Cohen angle

Hottie Avenatti on O’Donnell now... begging for more money?

An Orange County lawyer has asked a bankruptcy judge to seize much of the $577,000 donated to porn star Stormy Daniels to pay legal bills in her suit against President Trump.

The lawyer, Jason Frank, is trying to collect on a $10-million judgment he won last month against Eagan Avenatti, the Newport Beach firm of Daniels’ attorney, Michael Avenatti.

The firm’s debt to Frank was among the biggest it promised to pay when it emerged early this year from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Frank, who worked at Eagan Avenatti from 2009 to 2016, says the firm cheated him out of millions of dollars in pay.

Looking at Jacob Soboroff on Lawrence's show now. He's so beautiful (and a good reporter to boot).

R117, there's a picture of the canary pin at the link, from Jill Wine Banks' Twitter. Good for her!

R133, Jill also keeps a section of her site devoted to her pins with a description of what the pin means and why she's wearing it in particular interviews. If you follow the links, they take you to the actual videos of her appearances.

It's hard not to be a fan of such a funny, classy lady.

New York has filed suit against Trump and children. Thank God someone finally stepped up to the plate.

Jill is getting more and more sharp and lively.

This case is giving her life!

[quote] New York has filed suit against Trump and children. Thank God someone finally stepped up to the plate.

They must have been watching "Billions". The last several episodes of this season included a plot for the NY Attorney General in a political ploy to file a lawsuit against people close to an administration figure. Showtime leads the way.

Does this mean Ivanka and Jared could go to jail?

My favorite of Jill's recent pins was this one of a fancy lady in a fur coat, to shade Ivanka Trump's "lavish lifestyle" while working in the White House.

Lawrence calling Trump a perverse liar tonight for making up the story about the Korean war soldiers' parents.

^^ Addendum: "deeply sick, pathological, perverse liar". It was a whole segment.

Fox news for the left. Why do you all watch this.

Joe's rant this morning about Rudy's lies was a thing of beauty.

because r142, unlike FauxNews, manbc actually has some facts at its disposal. something you might enjoy discovering?

[quote]Jill is getting more and more sharp and lively. This case is giving her life!

As to Nick Ackerman. I like watching him because he's so excited when he comments on the Mueller investigation and the indictments.

It's like they're reliving the Watergate days vicariously through Mueller.

R143: It sure was! Wow, I’ve never seen Joe go off like that before!

Joe’s frustration at having committed to marrying Mika has finally found an outlet.

Ari got up this evening on his show and walked around his desk and you could see his entire body. He doesn't appear to be very tall (my guess would be 5'9" or so) nor does he have a worked-out body, though for me he's still very sexy. But watching him move, my main question is does he have a limp? Or is maybe one leg a tad shorter than the other? Perhaps it was just my imagination but there did appear to be some sort of issue with the way he walked, but I could be wrong. Did anyone else see it?

Beto alert! He's on Chris Hayes right now being dreamy!

Beto looks so good!

The White House is "appalled" at Joe's tirade from this morning.

Who saw Rachel's first segment tonight? If it was a movie, it could go in the "Most Uplifting Movies" thread. I love the image of Manafort's wife being given his suit jacket and tie!

Beto looks like a better looking Kennedy.

Not living in TX, I'm not that familiar with Beto but watching him on Chris Hayes he looked and sounded like real potus material. Hope he can win over odious Cruz, and in two years give the WH a go.

This wig on Joy Reid! No! Does her homo glam squad hate her for her homophobic blog posts? They got their revenge today!

Ari can’t get enough of the new Beyoncé and Jay Z record because his life is rap and rap is his life, yo

Ari really seems to love black people and black culture. Wouldn't be shocked if he eventually dates and/or marries a black woman at some point.

R157: I get that “down with the swirl” vibe from him too!

R152: Watching the recording now! Rachel’s A-block read of the Manafort court hearing read was fun to watch. Also, having someone log into Manafort’s account to read his email drafts to avoid sending emails/email trail was sneaky as hell!

No, Ari is a day tripper. His very public love of hip hop culture is just a pose, not a lifestyle.

[quote] R159: Also, having someone log into Manafort’s account to read his email drafts to avoid sending emails/email trail was sneaky as hell!

This has been done. I forget who, but some high profile international criminal did this years ago. It might have been the 9-11 hijackers. Whomever it was, they were bigtime, and this method of communication was exposed. Probably in a movie. Though I guess it beats actually sending the emails as far as exposure goes.

Hallie Jackson is a bit bland. She tries too hard.

Hallee thinks that she’s a “hard-hitting journalist” since she says things like “Look!” and “Here’s why it all matters!” and “Here’s the bottom line!” But she is actually a glorified newsreader. And very annoying.

Is she a failed actress? I wouldn’t be surprised if she has a background in acting.

I like it when Katy Tur sports her oversized "smarty pants" glasses when she's in the anchor chair.

No accounting for tastes, I guess, R164.

The glasses flatter her, love the frames, r164.

Ruehle also looks great in glasses.

These otherwise good-looking women are ignoring the valid point made by Pola DeBevoise: "Men aren't attentive to girls who wear glasses".

R166: Mika does also (until Joe expressed he didn’t like them on her -> with his box head glasses wearing self. SMH at the superficial double standard).

I hope Robert Costa is okay. He looked too thin on Morning Joe this morning. He shouldn’t lose any more weight or he will look sickly/gaunt.

I think Costa had the lap band procedure. He lost weight so quickly that it's unlikely that he did it naturally. And he has that huge head and gaunt appearance that lap band patients get.

Don’t you need to be morbidly obese to qualify for weight loss surgery? At his heaviest, Bob was probably 30 or 40 pounds overweight. He was hardly Carnie Wilson or Mama June.

Three people in my life had weight loss surgery and each one is miserable.

R171> Why are they miserable?

My college friend has painful digestive issues and my sister-in-law’s sister is addicted to pain meds after multiple loose-skin removal surgeries. Another friend hates how the weight loss has given her a gaunt, aged appearance no matter what she tries to do to improve her appearance.

^Oh wow. I didn’t know about the longterm effects.

Nicole Wallace should wear red more often, it's a good color for her.

Oh my God, Chris Hayes is playing the audio of the crying kids!!!

I'm a little surprised Eli Stokols doesn't get more love here. I always enjoy his commentary and think he's hot, but maybe I'm in the minority?

R176, every MSNBC has been playing that this afternoon -- I was gone all morning, but I'll bet they played it then too. Of course the situation with the children is horrendous & sad & infuriating, but my primary response to wailing babies is to grit my teeth & cover my ears -- I'd rather hear howling dogs, which is no fun either. MSNBC is preaching to the choir with me & I don't need the sound effects!

I adore Eli Stokols!!!! He looks like a cleaner version of Gerard Butler.

So did Rachel Maddow, R176.

It ran for about 5 minutes or so, but it felt like an eternity.

It was painful to listen to.

Katy Tur is fucking annoying.

She’s the female Andrea (Skelator) Mitchell.

She also reminds me of post-operative FTM skidmark-hobgoblin Chuck (super-punchable-face) Todd.

Eli Stokols must have a little crush on Politico's Jake Sherman.

In other news, US officials have lost 6,000+ children, just another day in Trump's America .

Why is Ali Velshi away from his 3 pm anchor slot so often? Seriously. Again today.

I like him very much, but it has been the "who is filling in for Ali today" hour, on and off, for what seems like six weeks.

Wow, Ari isn’t reporting on the border crisis. He said that the more important news story is how the new Beyoncé/Jay Z album is changing hip hop. He has Charlamagne Tha God on for the hour to discuss how woke and hype this record is.

r184, you are such a liar, he's talked about NOTHING but the border crisis for the whole show so far.

The Border crisis is very important but it's literally ALL that MSNBC is covering tonight on all its shows.

How about some Russia investigation news mixed in with this?

[quote][R159]: Also, having someone log into Manafort’s account to read his email drafts to avoid sending emails/email trail was sneaky as hell!

[quote]This has been done. I forget who, but some high profile international criminal did this years ago. It might have been the 9-11 hijackers. Whomever it was, they were bigtime, and this method of communication was exposed. Probably in a movie.

Nope, not a movie. It was then CIA director David Petraues who used this method to communicate and share classified documents with his lover/biographer. Yes, the director of the CIA did this. He pleaded guilty to mishandling classified info. When you think of it, it does sound surreal enough to belong in a movie not in real life.

R166, this border issue is a bigger story right now, and I'm loving how it's splitting the Republicans right up Trump's ample ass.

this border story is hardcore. Made me cry and I haven't cried about what's going on in the news since election night 2016. Rachel started crying, Stephanie Ruhle started crying...

Rachel fighting her tears almost broke me down. And then Stephanie Ruhle outright sobbed.

This is like the Hurricane Katrina aftermath in terms of a "how can this happen in America?" reaction to literally unbelievable events. But that was gross negligence following a natural disaster, whereas this is deliberate cruelty.

[quote]Wow, Ari isn’t reporting on the border crisis. He said that the more important news story is how the new Beyoncé/Jay Z

Is it any surprise? The culture often ignores the West and its problems, that's why so many MSNBC anchors seem shocked to see the complex problems of the West. I know they mean well, but if I hear another AA guest say "now Latinos know what we have been through," I mean like, what?? You think Latinos have had it easy? In the 70s mothers would tell their children to walk on the shadowy parts of the streets as to not stand out among the crowds, because the border patrol would make it a sport to deport any Latino that would venture out of the Barrios. Heck, even Basque and dark skin Italians would often be deported to Mexico just because.

FauxNews schadenfreude time.

The head writer for NBC show Superstore is hinting that Tucker Carlson cheated on his wife with a Modern Family actress (twitterverse thinks it's Julie Bowen who filed for divorce a few months ago).

I'm missing Michael Avenatti!

I wonder if he can ever get Stormy and their case back into the news. With the current sad events as they are, it does all seem rather petty and silly now.

Did you see Sunday's "Doonesbury", R194? Stormy & her lawyer were both mentioned -- that's fame where it counts!

Actually Julie Bowen has been shacking up with George Will.

I can put up with R196 far easier than R193.

[quote] I'm missing Michael Avenatti! I wonder if he can ever get Stormy and their case back into the news.

Don't worry. The Fearless Crusader is still in the news:

"Michael Avenatti Offers Legal Services to Parents of Children Taken at Border"

So now Avenatti is “Super Lawyer” who becomes associated with each new headline? Can an MSNBC show of his own be in his near future?

Traumatized tykes have elbowed out the big news: Mikey Cohen is going to flip very soon.

Which accounts for Trump being completely out of control with Congressional Republicans Tuesday.

Avenatti's going to file suits against gov agencies , Trump and Nielsen. Just a matter of time.

[quote]Heck, even Basque and dark skin Italians

Where ever did you get the idea that the Basque are dark-skinned?

Jacob Soboroff is really turning me on. You can see his frustration and his anger coming out as he speaks. What a little alpha pocket nerd. Yummmm.

[quote]Where ever did you get the idea that the Basque are dark-skinned?

*Looking at myself* Yup, still dark-skinned.

Jacob was very even-keeled and emotionless when he made his first few reports from the border. But he seemed to get more emotional in each subsequent report.

I wonder if someone told him to get emotional or if he just wanted to match the emotion of his colleagues so as not to seem like a robot.

R204, it's probably just taking a toll.

Joyce Vance is following in DL fave Jill Wine-Banks' footsteps.

Now on Nicole Wallace she's sporting a fresh hairstyle, new makeup and a snazzy outfit.

Also on Wallace, they showed a FauxNews clip of Geraldo Rivera shouting at Hannity that the children border policy is a disgrace. Hannity was trying to say something. Not sure how the whole thing unfolded last night on Faux but the clip was pretty funny.

Geraldo may be sympathetic to the plight of refugees but he still calls the Russian investigation “a witch hunt.” So G knows the rules of Fox News.

From my understanding Stephanie Ruhle and Jacob Soboroff are not trained journalists.

You can clearly see this story is slowly taking a toll on them. They will definitely have PTSD after this.

[quote]I wonder if someone told him to get emotional or if he just wanted to match the emotion of his colleagues so as not to seem like a robot.

No, you can clearly see his anger is genuine. He just went off on president Obama when Chris Matthews put up a quote from Barack Obama. Jacob was having none of it.

Remember that Jacob is from Los Angeles, he knows first hand the stories of immigrants coming from Latin America.

The “Rachel ended her show in tears” thread is over 525 posts in less than 24 hours. I’m afraid to wade into whatever mess is happening over there. Sheesh.

MSNBC and Justin Trudeau order by the case.

R209, what did Obama say that Jacob found so objectionable?

I noticed, R206! Her new color and highlights are quite snappy.

I think Jill flew down to Birmingham and gussied her up.

Robert Costa looks just fine.

Eli Stokols - love him!

Ken Dilananian - great lips.

Chris Hayes is so sexy out of a suit.

John Heilemann is a riot. Love baldies.

I'm shallow.

lol Congressman Gutierrez is so expressive and dramatic with his face gestures. I always thought he should have been a telenovela actor.

Robert Costa just updated his profile picture

Rachel just reported that the DOJ is looking for JAG lawyers to go to the border and help with this unprecedented situation for 6 months. Basically to help prosecute the "illegals" coming over the border.

Ms. Lindsey is JAG. what are the chances that she'll go down and help?

I loved that Rachel kept the street address of the Houston Refugee Containent location on screen long enough for all of us jot it down or memorize it.

It’s 419 Emancipation Street, btw.

[quote] Chris Hayes is so sexy out of a suit.

He really is. I like when he gets excited by the Yankees. When he talks about them, he acts like an enthusiastic little league ball player.

He’s quite fussy about his hair. And he’s so smart!

R210, it's mostly not even about Rachel. It's about The border horrors going on but yes there are some trolls in there.

Joyce Vance does look nice, R206 -- but no brooch! Maybe she can start something with earrings?

I realize that she’s been around forever and that she isn’t exclusive to MSNBC but I still love the name “Katty Kay.”

“Katty Kay, you and Bitchy Becky have been working with Gossippy Gail to make contact with Nasty Nancy....”

I think Joyce is a DLer and read R221's post.

She's on The 11th Hour in earrings and an Eileen Fisheresque linen ensemble.

Joyce does look much better. The long, unstyled hair was giving me "Pentecostal lady lawyer" or "Loretta Lynn relative."

Isn't Joyce Vance married to Bob Vance of Vance Refrigeration?

I think Jacob's new glasses kind of disappear into his face on camera. His old specs made him look better, smarter, sexier.

I love you, r225

I love Joyce's voice. She is no bull shitter.

Joyce is a prolific tweeter about the evils of the Trump admin.

Between that and her legal analysis on MSNBC, I have concluded that she is one of the most intelligent people I've ever encountered.

Yes, R226. Something is making him look like he’s wasting. Same with Chuck Todd. Chuck needs to buy some false eyelashes, too.

I find Chris Hayes far sexier in a suit than in a sports shirt where I think he comes off as kind of flabby.

I adore Joyce Vance but she needs to layer her hair to jaw length.

What did Steve Kornacki do to his left index finger now? Is this left over work from the bicycle incident several months ago?

Steve needs to clamp down on his guests. They were all talking over each other.

Tom Arnold will be on Laurence’s show tonight.

Ha ha I hope Laurence asks Tom about this tweet from Michael Cohen:

“Appreciate @TomArnold kind words about me as a great father, husband and friend. This was a chance, public encounter in the hotel lobby where he asked for a selfie. Not spending the weekend together, did not discuss being on his show nor did we discuss @POTUS. #done #ridiculous”

R235: I hope he does a better interview with Lawrence than he did on CNN earlier (he came across as a billigerant, rambling and jittery mess). However, he was better with Nicolle today...

[quote] did not discuss being on his show nor did we discuss @POTUS. #done #ridiculous”

Ari Melber is filling in for Rachel. I’m sure her producers told him not to pull his hipppity hop rappety rap act on the network’s top show.

R237 “better with Nicolle”? He was a rambling incoherent coked-out mess. Didn’t see the CNN interview but it’s hard to imagine anything worse than him babbling on Nicolle’s show. And her expression trying to keep a straight face listening to him is priceless.

Nope. Ari just rapped a Kanye West song. No one over there cares.

Why does Ari look so weird tonight? Too much tanning??

R240: Yeah, I have to agree. I wrote my post when the interview started, it went downhill after that! However, it was still better than his CNN interview.

R242: I switched to Cuomo when the blonde Cohen spokes person came on. Sick of her. Ari had the Queer eye guy on his show earlier today.

Ugh. OK - Turning back to Ari. Cuomo is too combative while playing devil’s advocate.

[quote]Ari had the Queer eye guy on his show earlier today.

Yeah that was Karamo (who used to be on MTV's The Real World)

I like Jacob Soboroff's new glasses.

Jacob Soboroff is a cutie.

Jacob Soboroff would be a great permanent replacement for any time Steve Kornacki is on air.

LOL! O’Donnell made Arnold stick to Yes, No answers for his initial questions to limit the babbling.. That worked well :)

The method does seem to be focusing and calming down Tom Arnold. So far.

Go Lawrence!!

Arnold is definitely on Coke or Meth or something...Dude is MANIC!

What is he saying guys? I don't have access to my tv! Does he have the dirt on dear Cheeto ?

Tom Arnold is wearing a Superman shirt and it appears he slept in it.

R251: He said “yes”, but then babbled when Lawrence asked for more details...

Ohh, Thank you R253

I wonder what he has on him.

Arnold is a MESS, how am I supposed to take him seriously.

Laurence is not letting him ramble and babble like Nicolle did. The guy still comes off as an incoherent basket case.

The circus around Trump just gets more bizarre every day.

Tom Arnold could do a show with Sam Nunberg. They could call it Meltdown to Treason.

Tom Arnold was just cringe-inducingly coked to the gills yesterday on his MSNBC appearances.

He better not do anything to fuck up the prosecution and conviction of Cohen with his stupid antics.

This Gigi woman filling in for Alex Witt is awful

Another viewer to vouch for Tom Arnold being coked-up, or similar.

[quote] Tom Arnold, ahead of upcoming show on Viceland, says he has tapes of Trump CNNMoney-4 hours ago

This time for sure !

I thought that about Arnold for years, but whenever he appears, he is almost always like that. I think it's just the way he is, maybe from too many years of doing coke and anything/everything else. He might also be on prescription Adderall. When some have been addicted to stimulants for so long, sometimes it's necessary to take drugs like Adderall but the brain can never fully recover. Just a theory.

Not to make this a Tom Arnold thread, but he’s been bff’s with Ahnuld for decades. I wonder what that’s all about.

He said he was friends with Felix Sater. I wonder what THATS all about

Miss Joy Ann Reid has done a good job anchoring from the border today, and got herself a third hour (maybe the complaints about whoever was filling in for Alex Witt took hold).

Rachel going all in on this immigration catastrophe

[quote] Rachel going all in on this immigration catastrophe

MSNBC beats to death each Trump scandal du jour. Then when that one falls apart they make another one.

No Trump makes his scandals

R267 is a trollbot, just block it and don't engage.

Rachel was on fire today.

Anyone else getting tired of Avanetti? He was kind of annoying on Rachel last night and seemed out of his element regarding the family separation issues.

Yeah, and it was weird for Rachel to have him on when lately he’s been on Laurence every night to chat about Stormy.

Avanetti is the conman that found marks who will clutch at any straw.

Michael Avenatti has done more to annoy Trump in the last few months than just about anything else....notice, Trump has NEVER mentioned Avenatti by name.....so I think Avenatti is to be commended and encouraged.

Andrea Mitchell has, uhhh....no plans (long pause) to rehire. Retire, rather!

Dana Milbank is SOOO sexy!

Hallie Jackson talks too fast, she makes me feel anxious.

Hugh Hewitt announced today his Saturday show has been canceled on MSNBC but he'll continue to be a guest contributor on the network.

Clearing additional time for homophobe anti-immigrant Joy Reid ?

[quote]on MSNBC but he'll continue to be a guest contributor on the network.

Translation: they'll use him minimally until his contract runs out.

Joy Reid seemed to enjoy humiliating Hugh on her show from time to time. I’ve never seen him on any of the prime time shows.

funny how those old foxnews folks don't do well with the msnbc viewers, huh?

Hewitt will probably never even get a Fox News contract, because his penchant for name-dropping and mentioning his recent "important" radio interviews, not to mention how he always has to try to be the smartest person on the panel, just must annoy the hell out of hosts. He was given a chance on Meet the Press, but you could tell he was unpopular with everyone not for being conservative, but for being a smug ass.

I always thought that early weekend interview show was given to him to burn off his contract, and allow for fewer network appearances elsewhere. He was repulsive to hear, let alone see.

DL fave and resident crank Richard Painter is only ....56 YEARS OLD! Shit!

Do they just wear their own clothes on set?

There was a blue checkered shirt that was getting a lot of mileage over the Winter.

Casey Hunt, personal fave of mine as a Congressial correspondent for NBC, frequent guest on Morning Joe and other shows, and now host of a weekend hour herself IS GROWING HER HAIR OUT.

Carry on.

Chris Hayes fusses with his hair. The camera caught him some number of times. You’ll notice his hair is never the same. He also does or did deep breaths before he went live. Also caught on camera.

Chris was putting on makeup when he was in Texas at the border. The camera cut to him and he was powdering his nose.

Don't they all have to wear on-camera makeup ?

Who was that adorable geek Leon Neyfakh (sp?) just on with Rachel??

[quote] Chris was putting on makeup when he was in Texas at the border. The camera cut to him and he was powdering his nose.

Birds of a feather.

Ari Melber fans: loving his beard? It looks like it’ll be here to stay for a while

it will be gone by tomorrow. he does this every so often. but scruffy Ari is hot.

Why doesn’t Kornacki do scruff? Or Chris Matthews?

Are you begging for the obvious answer, r293?

You completely forgot about me, didn't you?

Yeth.

I admit, I got it wrong. Ari had a beard at 6 PM but at 10 PM, it is gone.

R297, looks like his skin didn't react well to the shaving as he seems to have a bit of a rash on each side of his face.

Maybe Joy Reid was slapping him around.

Angelo Carusone of Media Matters on Chris Hayes last night. So adorable!

lol R290 . I love John Edwards. He was such a little diva and I hated the Republican party for making a fuss about his affair. The GOP should talk, they are the party of molesters, perverts, and criminals. John Edwards was robbed!

Do the hosts wear their street clothes? Or do they have costume department? As I write, I’m guessing they do not, but they really should. They will in the future. That’s progress.

A lot of times they have on a suit up top but jeans on the bottom underneath the desk. (I know both Ari and Rachel do this a lot.) I imagine old school players like Brian and Chris wear the complete suit, though (and of course Steve has his khakis).

I think Jonathan Lemire is so fucking hot.

[quote] Do he hosts wear their street clothes?

Depends. Not if everyone’s wearing the same color and your main host is a roaring bitch.

Anchors negotiate for a wardrobe stipend in their contracts and the biggest anchors negotiate for a stylist as well as the stipend.

Chris Hayes has a different hairdo every day.

Chris Hayes’ podcast just passed over 1 million downloads. That’s very successful.

Why is Chris doing a podcast when he has a 5-night a week show and a newborn at home?

R309, for 1/1000¢ per download, (or whatever)? Also, it expands his customer list - people inclined to buy his books and watch his show. Ya?

Bitch loves to talk. It's no skin off his nose to plunk down in front of a microphone and yak for another hour once a week.

they all have pods now.

Chris had another rug rat? When?

I think this past spring, R313.

Those earpieces they all wear? Is everyone issued a new one for each show, or are they (*shudder*) reused? Or maybe the regular guests have their own, and just bring them along on the days they appear? Seems wasteful they’d all be thrown out after every show.

I hope that the women anchors get a bigger clothing allowance than the men, since guys can get away with maybe three good suit jackets, a dozen nice ties and a daily crisp shirt, while the women (not counting Rachel, who has dozens of blazers in like colors) probably hear about it if they wear the same outfit more than twice a month.

[quote]not counting Rachel, who has dozens of blazers in like colors

Doesn't Rachel basically wear black every night?

Previously, I catalogued the use or overuse of a certain blue checked shirt. Someone must have told Josh Barro that he looks good in this shirt, because he wears it on almost all his appearances. I’m sure it’s completely unconscious. It’s probably just his favorite shirt.

Then I noticed the other anchors and guests wearing the same style shirt. It made me wonder if it’s the “guest” shirt, haha. “Hey, you, you can’t go on in a T-shirt! Here, wear the ‘guest’ shirt.”. Ick.

Aww.

More Awww. Can he please come out now!!!

Why wouldn't Chris Hayes do a podcast? Especially considering his personal situation. It's two hours of work and he can do it at home in a private office. What better way to still work yet be closer with your family.

Bring back Thomas Roberts.

David Gura is not all that.

Thomas Roberts is out of luck. All vacancies in the foreseeable future will be reserved for anti-Trump repubs.

David Gura is staight and boring.

But I don't see TR coming back either.

Thomas Roberts is now an anchor for the local news in Atlanta. There is a thread about that.

The network needs some new blood to host the shows. They should create a weekend daytime show that has rotating hosts in order to find the best fit. Someone young who isn't afraid to do something new.

I still wish that they'd try a straight interview show modeled after the old Larry King show on CNN. Just one host and one guest for the hour. I miss that old LK show. But they'd need someone who could do "hard" and "soft" news which is tough to pull off.

I think Chris Hayes should get his teeth straightened, and whitened. He should ask Steve Kornacki, who has 96 brightness teeth and is probably has the best presentation on the network.

Chris Jansing and now Ali Velshi hosting, have been commercial-free with live coverage of the London anti-Trump March and rally and coverage of his embarrassing visit to the UK for hours. It's an impressive thing to watch.

Where the hell is Stephanie Rhule?

why is she always taking off?

r326 no one should have their teeth whitened. It looks ridiculous.

Well, Stephanie Ruhle was holding down the fort through Ali's near month long absence "on assignment" as she took on both programs. Do you not understand she is a female with two children and will take summer vacation time off? Or do you think she is not overdue?

Oh, R329! You’re [italic] that guy. [/italic] The one that inexplicably has yellowed teeth. Well, as long as we both brush, we can get along. But as for whitening, I’m afraid this ship has sailed, and you’re left on the pier. Compare Chris’ teeth to Steve Kornacki’s, for example. Choose wisely.

As for straightening, Chris has teeth like mine, pre-straightened. Invisalign was 1 year and about $4500. It was my favorite cosmetic treatment I’ve ever done. Not that I’ve done a lot. I think his teeth are mostly straight, but are pointed “inward”, and they need to be pulled forward.

I was developing “reverse” buck teeth, and my lowers were a mess, though you don’t see lowers as much. My buck teeth could not be pulled forward because they were blocked by the adjacent teeth, so, it was cool, what they did:

First, they pulled all my adjacent upper teeth forward.

Then, they were able to pull my buck teeth forward.

Then, they pushed all my teeth back in a nice row.

As for my lowers, they were all jumbled up, and I can’t say what they did, but they now look great, and I can floss without breaking the floss!

r331 LOL, I'm neither a guy, nor do I have yellowed teeth. Cleaning several times a year and a good hygiene is enough. Everything else looks fake, as it is. I prefer to see Rachel's and Lawrence's normal teeth than the Fox type over compensating "pearls". I don't particularly like Chris Hayes, but his teeth make him look less generic and more interesting, IMO.

R326, I am always impressed with Chris Jansing. She is not only extremely competent in a variety of situations, she handles them so elegantly and with a knowledge and understanding of the facts that is really rare to see.

I say go for it

I don’t recommend teeth like that Milo guy recently got. He did not choose wisely.

Was Rachel on tonight?

No, r336.

That monthly guy was broadcasting from a London and Ari Melber covered the breaking developments re indictments.

I’m glad that Nicole Wallace is back. David Alexander isn’t much of a substitute.

Nicolle Wallace’s Deadline Whitehouse show is what Morning Joe should be.

Joe and Mika make themselves the stars and focus of their show instead of the news itself being the star and focus. That’s what makes it unwatchable.

Robert Costa is looking more and more gaunt. He looks like a whole different person now. His face looks downright skeletal. I hope he’s ok.

Chris Jansing has a tick that annoys the hell out of me....she says “obviously” dozens of times when she’s on.

Costa is starting to look like Frankenberry.

Katy Tur seems a little off.

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[quote]Katy Tur seems a little off.

I've taken a hiatus from the news for about six weeks (it simply got too depressing for me) and tuned in for the first time yesterday or the day before last. She looks different to me. Her face seems a touch puffy, so I thought she might be pregnant. Over-tired or morning sickness maybe? Even though she doesn't broadcast until the afternoon, morning sickness can linger.

Hey - calling the Jill WB troll..... what was that pin she was wearing tonight? It said Trump, and I know she's not a supporter so there must have been some kind of symbol that couldn't be seen. Thanks, :)

Ms. Wine-Banks tweets her pins.

Jill’s brooch has a hammer and sickle on top of the word “TRUMP.”

Thanks again, R346, 7.... I knew I could count on you.

Joe S was off late last week, but Mika was there and promised he'd be back Monday. Monday and Tuesday Joe was back, but Mika still away. Today, both of them were off.

Is the wedding imminent? Are they eloping? How long of a break will they take? Any insider news about the wedding?

Truthfully, there are so. Any good supporting players on that show and network that J and M can be gone a month and it will be fine with me. Katty Kay and Willie, or Nicolle and Heilleman, or even Mike Barnacle plus anyone make for a decent morning

You might look a little off if Tony Dokoupil was banging you day and night, too. The girl is probably sore all over.

Who the hell is Tony Dokoupil?

Katy Tur seems to have a bad cold.

Tony Dokoupil is Katy Tur's husband.

Is Matt Apuzzo gay? He looks so fine with his weight loss and silver white hair.

Tony Dokoupil:

[quote] Is Matt Apuzzo gay?

More probably just another beta male.

Tony is probably laying pipe on the regular, zonking our poor girl out.

R350: or they broke up...

I was so proud of my future ex husband Jonathan Lemire confronting Trump and Putin in Helsinki.

"future ex husband" A boy can dream.

Damn Tony can get it. Good job Katy.

It must be a rule that everyone employed by MSNBC is required to preface the name of any other MSNBC employee with "our own":

"In an interview today with our own Lester Holt, the FBI director said ...."

"This morning, the Director of National Intelligence told our own Andrea Mitchell that ..."

Every single one of them does it, all day every day, so it can't be just a personal habit that's peculiar to a few of them. And I've never heard anyone say it in any other context -- supermarket clerk waving the next customer in line to a newly opened checkstand: "Our very own MaryLou will help you on #5, Sir!"

It's bragging rights, R363, nothing to twist the panties about.

Jonathan Lemire is hot as fuck. Nice to see him getting a lot of national attention. Wish I could give his cock some attention.

^^bet he has a nice, slightly-trimmed ginger bush and taint by the way

[quote] It must be a rule that everyone employed by MSNBC is required to preface the name of any other MSNBC employee with "our own"

At least that sounds better than brand new guy David Gura referring to people who have worked at the the network for decades as "my colleague." Gura is growing on me, but he is a bit arrogant and will do better to speak of senior anchors and correspondents with a bit more deference.

Andrea Mitchell, who has been around forever, kicked ass in her Aspen interview with DNI Dan Coates today, as news was breaking live.

Jeremy Bash giving his commentary while standing outside, jacket on but no tie. Judging by the little bit of skin we can see (his shirt is unbuttoned at the top), I get the impression he has a smooth chest.

New Drinking Game: Any time an MSNBC host, reporter, or guest says “This is unprecedented,” drink!

I would like to fuck David Gura and get some kind of reaction out of him.

r370, you might get more of a reaction to him if you had a vagina.

Veteran reporter and former MSNBC anchor Chris Jansing again doing fill-in duty on a summer Friday afternoon.

I know it's been said before, but she looks amazing for a woman of 50, let alone her real age which is rumored to be at least 8 years more than that. She is always on top of her game when she's on the air, and is a complete professional.

Chris Jansing is 61.

Chris Jansing, 35 years ago:

Did no one else catch Katy Tur, in for Lawrence tonight, being exceptionally rude, even antagonistic, towards Michael Avenatti?

It was downright weird. She challenged him with an attitude like....what did he have to offer any more? As if he wasn't her invited guest on the show. I'm guessing he was a little shocked and put off.

She's clearly very smart but has always struck me as quite a bitch.....not just tonight

Katy knows Avenatti went Hollywood. He's an alternate Kardashian.

R375> Thanks for the warning. I won't bother watching my recording. I like Avenatti and O'Donnell. Can't stand Kur (and I am sure O'Donnell will be pissed that she treated a frequent guest, whom he likes, that way on his show)

Katy Tur is getting on my nerves. She’s on way too much.

I'm the voice troll. Katy's drives me up the wall. She has the gravitas of a 6th grade cheerleader.

Here's Katy Tur Vs Michael Avenatti.

Exactly R103. Nice looking, but he doesn't blink. Creepy...

They need to give Aaron Gilchrist a regular spot.

Yep, Katy was basically trying to "out" Aven-Hottie as a big bullshitter.

Tur wanted more from Avenatti as all he did was give up old news.

It is what she does.

And for all the misogynistic cunts posting above, if she were a male, she would be simply persistent.

LOVE HER!

R382, Gilchrist is on right now. Right now!

Joy interviewed Rachel on her show this morning but only on tape, not live. I guess Rachel can't be bothered to come into the studio on weekends, lol.

And yes, Gilchrist could definitely get it.

even Rach deserves a weekend off.

[quote] I guess Rachel can't be bothered to come into the studio on weekends, lol.

Why do you think she should after the long week she's put in writing and broadcasting her show, lol. Serious question.

LOVE, Joyce Vance! She is very concise, informative and keeps the narrative focused. Jill is great too. Katy Tur can be good, if she takes it down a notch on the bitch factor. And YES, I say this about ALL OF THEM. Mica, Joe and Hallie can ditch the smug know-it-all commentary that adds nothing to the discussion. They are more interested in being media stars and not informed, astute, political commentators.

Rachel is fishing up in Massachusetts. She sends her love.

I was only kidding, R388.

^^^^Stinkfish!

Kelly O’Donnell was always a bit chunky, but she has really porked out ever since Trump became pres. Covering the White House must lead to a lot of comfort eating.

I totally disagree with the posters upthread criticizing Katy Tur's interview with Avenatti. I don't think she was being rude. She was asking him tough questions because - yes, a lot of people do think he's gone Hollywood - so by being tough on him, she was giving him the chance to prove otherwise. And he was tough right back. He did a great job responding. (As opposed to all the soft interviews done on that other, faux network). They both did themselves good, and I would bet Avenatti thanked her afterwards. Time and time again, he does extremely well when grilled and never gets intimidated. (And c'mon, he's never hotter than when he's fighting back like a bulldog).

I love watching when Lawrence interviews him, but for a completely different reason. The strongest evidence of a bro crush I've ever see! It's fun to watch, but Lawrence isn't doing himself any favors.

Btw, I'm a big fan of all three!!! But my favorite these days is Nicolle Wallace. Did anybody see the end of Friday's show when she handed off to Katy Tur? It was hilarious.

I just rewatched that Tur-Avenatti confrontation posted above and have to admit I found Tur much less offensive this time. And Avenatti definitely acquits himself brilliantly.

And how has Avenatti "gone Hollywood" anyway??

The Katy Tur/Ari Melber faux flirty banter has become a little sickening.

Yes R394 -- Here's the clip from Wallace's Friday show where hunky Jonathan Swan did his impression of senior officials in the Trump administration -- squealing like the idiots they are.

It's about 7 minutes into the clip entitled "'No one really knows anything': Sr. Trump officials..."

R395 "And how has Avenatti "gone Hollywood" anyway??"

People from "other networks" have been accusing him of that, mostly because he gets on every tv show he can. He's also proved himself to be quite a showman. His critics, (like Hannity), accuse him of doing it solely for exposure and reasons of self-interest, (project much???)

But almost everything he does serves a specific purpose, he accomplishes what he needs to, and a lot of Trump's corruption has been exposed because of him. So they can call it "going Hollywood', or whatever the fuck they want. It's working!

R397. It was after that clip, (but in reference to it), that I was talking about. The very last minute of the show, you can hear John Heilemann's voice in the background squawking in imitation of Jonathan Swan's, just as Nicolle is giving the hand-off to Katy Tur. Katie mentions the "sound effect", and Nicolle responds that it will probably be MSNBC's next "This is who we are" promo. You then here all the panelists in the back burst into laughter. Like I said, it was hilarious.

[quote]The Katy Tur/Ari Melber faux flirty banter has become a little sickening.

I know, right? Ari can get downright peacocky and Katy just tools her eyes but not before batting them a few times.

I wonder what Drew or Tony think about it all.

*rolls her eyes

Who is Drew?

Nicolle's show is informative, funny, and downright scary all at the same time. Her sense of humor and outrage are on point.

I think Gabe Sherman is kinda hot in a very nerdy kind of way.

[quote] Her sense of humor and outrage are on point.

Yes, R403 -- & all the more effective coming from a Republican who worked for W's administration & helped run the McCain/Palin campaign. I doubt that she's changed, it's just that the party has deserted its members that are reasonable people, like Nicolle Wallace & George Will.

That little baldie Evan McMullin is adorable.

WTF is going on with Joy Reid’s wigs? She has an entirely different look every weekend.

r407, never, NEVER talk about a black woman's hair, natural, purchased or otherwise.

Racist and sexist.

Stop it.

Oh dear

O, Deer!

I'm with r408. We have no idea of the pressure being put on people about their hair. Many women on television, of all ethnicities, wear wigs or extensions and change their hairstyle frequently.

Drew Grant was Ari’s wife. They got divorced last year

why couldn't she keep him? ^

cuz' she didn't have a dick

Chris Hayes looking sexy on Ari's show right now with his top two shirt buttons undone. Baby smooth chest for days.

Chris Hayes has been drinking tonight.

I had to mute Chris. He's drunk - stumbling over words and his eyes are glazed.

I'm watching Chris and Paul Butler. I think they've both had a few cocktails.

Ari loves his gay guests. and treats them very well. good for him. and has a lot of gay spokesmen on his show.

please. Chris is not drunk. unless you mean on news excitement.

Unlikely he is drunk. Probably some chemical ingested.

With his manic speech, I've been thinking coke for years. I usually skip his show - the speed of his speech rattles me.

I haven't followed any of these threads so I don't know if this has been covered but here goes. I don't own a tv. I don't watch enough to make it worthwhile and I don't have a place in my home where it would naturally fit. So I watch everything I want on my laptop. MSNBC, which is my favorite, has absolutely the worst. It doesn't buffer properly making the screen freeze and skip content or repeat minutes of dialog. At first I thought it was my provider but I don't have any problem with any of the other networks including the really obscure ones. I've stopped watching it completely now that Rachel Maddow has a podcast of her show which is posted the next morning. It's a shame. I don't know what their problem is, Do they really not care about those of us who don't care to own televisions? That seems weirdly shortsighted. Even FOX works perfectly. Not that I watch it. I just wanted to see if it worked. It did.

You know who was talking like they were on speed last night? Chris Hayes. What the hell was up with him? Apparently his vacation was very, very good for him, because he was up and raring to go!

"All In starts.. RIGHT NOOWWW"

I wish that they would push Nicole’s show to 6 and bump Ari’s Rappity Rap Show to 4.

After a week on vacation, Chris was positively giddy with delight at the Manafort trial news.

[quote]I wish that they would push Nicole’s show to 6 and bump Ari’s Rappity Rap Show to 4.

I don't disagree, but since it took a long time for Nicolle to get her own show after she came back The View hell, I assumed she wanted a gig that would get her home in time to have dinner with her young kids.

Being live from 6 or even from 7 or 8 pm, as others have suggested, would give her more exposure but might not work just yet for her family. I completely get that.

The resistance/country needs Nicole at 6! Can’t her children understand that? Put em in front of Spongebob reruns and they’ll never miss her.

Emily Jane Fox is so annoying.

She's the Rona Barrett of this whole affair.

Agreed, R430. There's an air of know-it-allness in her presentation. She can be dismissive of other panelists' opinions as though her sourcing or journalism is superior. She did it last week when folks were theorizing who leaked the Cohen tape and why. I found it grating.

Ari's obsession with rap and his related hip hop bullshit never bothered me that badly until recently when I was 1/2 listening to his show and heard him recite a few lines from some poem (Whitman? Emerson?) and without any irony, compared it to recent works of "Curtis Jackson."

If my tv was portable, I may have thrown it out the window.

Mike Lupica, the famous sports columnist, was a guest on Ari’s show recently. He pulled out his own ridiculous rap reference! He was obviously poking fun at Ari but Ari didn’t acknowledge the diss.

Every guest on his show should make random rap references. I’d love to see Adam Schiff say to Ari, “Trump is a billionaire with many tangled business interests. Or to put it in a way that you can understand, Mo Money, Mo Problems.”

Yasmin Vossoughian

EJF was on TWO shows last night--making my ears bleed twice!

She'd like us to think she has fucked Cohen.

I love Emily. She’s keeping the juiciest Michael Cohen secrets for her tell-all book that’ll arrive after all of these lowlifes are in jail. She’s crafty.

r435, EJF's voice sounds almost exactly the same to me as Kellyanne Cuntway's.

Needless to say, I can't stand to listen to it for more than a few seconds.

What is the backstory on Emily Jane Fox?

What is with EMJ's Laura Ashley dresses? She always wears an old lady flowered print. She is the most unhip journalist to ever journal!

Way to go Nicolle calling out the asst wrestling coach!

I hope Ari fucks better than he raps.

R441 I do believe Ari would be better at anything other than rap!

Emily Jane Fox does look like Rona Barrett (good catch). Of course, you have to be elderly to know who Rona is (or was? Don't know if she's still alive). Emily strikes me as a rich Jewish girl from Scarsdale or the upper east side (I'm Jewish so I'm not being anti-semitic) who undoubtedly went to an Ivy League college (Sarah Lawrence maybe?). The reason I guess she's Jewish is that Michael Cohen would most likely feel more comfortable talking to a classy looking Jewish girl (the kind he could never date in high school). I purposely did not google Emily Jane just to see how close I could get from how she dresses and speaks. I could be all wrong but I doubt it. Maybe she's from Connecticut though.

[quote] She'd like us to think she has fucked Cohen.

Hardly anything to be proud of.

Surprisingly little info about Emily Jane--you can't find anything about her parents or a spouse. She went to U of PA and Columbia Journalism school. She had a few good internships and then became a staff writer for VF. Smart of her to cultivate Cohen.

Whoever above said that Katy Tur was 6'3"--she was quoted (Katy) as saying that was a rumor. Elsewhere I found out that she's 5'8". There's a photo of her speaking to Trump and I would say she is even shorter than 5'8"--more like 5'6" or something. I like Katy a lot for some reason, but never have time to watch her.

[quote]I hope Ari fucks better than he raps.

I imagine Ari fucks better than he does anything.

I'm willing to bet that Ari, like many Jewish men of his generation, is more of a cuddler than a fucker.

Ari fucks like an animal and LOVES eating pussy.

Damn he’s straight

Speaking of Emily Jane Fox, she is right now on Morning Joe wearing something like a bright pink-fuschia pinafore!

Does cutie Michael Schmidt get enough rest? I swear he always looks like he's about to fall asleep on camera.

Gabriel Debenedetti of New Yorker magazine is my new obsession. He was on Hardball last night. His sparkling blue eyes are stunning and took my breath away. He seems gay to me and wasn't wearing a wedding ring.

I'm another huge Gabe Debenedetti fan! I wish he had a regular spot on the network.

I was totally intrigued by his male pattern baldness cropped pattern last night.

What about Heidi Przybyla?

Heidi is hot. Emily Jane Fox reads WASP to me. There is no way she is Jewish. The name says it all.

I like Lawrence O'Donnell a lot, but I fail to see why he feels it is necessary to fawn over Rachel Maddow in a split screen at the end of her show (which I don't watch - cannot stand her smug delivery). Last night it went on for SEVERAL MINUTES and was very annoying.

SHUT UP AND GO HOME, Rachel!

Rachel’s Show gets huge ratings. Lawrence is desperately trying to hold on to her audience.

Przybyla isn't a name. That's just a horrible Scrabble draw.

Does Andrea Mitchell envy Hallie Jackson a little bit?

I wanted to hate Heidi P, if for nothing more than her name, but I usually enjoy her reporting/commentary.

A quick Google search found she's 44?!?

I would have guessed closer to 34.

I'm the opposite of R457. Over the years, I've decided Lawrence is stupid - he jumps to erroneous conclusions till someone straightens him out - well, it's happened a couple times... Anyway, Rachel is smart and I like the details and context/connections. What she reminds me of is a smart girl who knows it'll be held against her because women aren't supposed to be assertive, so she giggles and self-deprecates and soft-pedal-jokes all over everything. It does annoy me but I know the type and I feel sad it has to be that way. I like the tone of her voice though and many women drive me bonkers (like Katy Tur's teeny bopper voice.)

Andrea Mitchell has a gorgeous rich voice - it's a shame she slurs and and gets tripped up but she's no spring chicken and maybe drinks or something. Anyway, I'm a fan - all the women from the old days get a pass from me because it's a helluva good old boy game, or certainly used to be. I was trying to like Brian, and I guess I do, but he's so smarmy with the smoozy jokes and "clever" intros and such - but Hayes is too manic, Matthews is past it, O'Donnell is dopey - so what can you do? Usually I watch Nicolle and then Rachel and sometimes add Brian, when I just can't look away from the car crash of our country these days -- when I can dislodge myself a bit I turn to BBC or France 24. Even Sky News.

Are we gonna survive Trump? Do we even deserve to?

Smamrmy Brian at least gives way to his very good guests, unlike the "me, me, me for at least 20 minutes" Rachel Maddow.

What would be the male equivalent of the pink ruffled pinafore Emily Jane Fox is wearing today? No wonder audiences don't take women reporters as seriously as men.

I would so love to see Jonathan Lemire naked. He's so fucking hot.

There's something just so sexy about John Heileman.

Then give three cheers, and one cheer more,

For the pink ruffles of Emily's pinafore!

I love Heileman because he's so butch and "no bullshit."

Which reminds me, where Halperin these days?

R468 Halperin got canned for sexual harassment earlier this year.

Lawrence O'Donnell has been off his game recently. It feels like he's got something on his mind and is preoccupied by it. He just sits there with a dopey smile on his face and doesn't say much. I think he's also resigned to the fact that nothing is going to happen to Trump legally and is sad about it.

I haven't seen Mika on MJ in weeks. I don't watch everyday, so maybe I just missed her. I don't know how she and Joe keep their jobs with their 2 days on/3 days off schedule.

Great week to take a Friday off, Rachel, ya lazy dyke!

Just get her a permanent Friday guest host already, a la Carson/Rivers. She clearly believes a five-day work week is beneath her.

Paul Butler, not conventionally handsome, but DAMN i'd like to kneel before him and service the hell out of his big cock.

Mika and Joe are coming back on Monday. When are they getting married? They've been engaged about a year, right?

I wish Steve Schmidt would get his own show. I LOVE this guy; he is so eloquent that it seems some of his lines must be written in advance, but clearly they aren't. He pulls no punches and his contempt for Trump is palpable. I also like hot daddy Michael Steele another smarty and snappy dresser to boot.

And since no one else has, let me give a shout out to Philip Rucker: girl, you don't look like much and you have that high voice, but you are a DAMN good reporter and your ass is on all the time!

[quote]Mika and Joe are coming back on Monday

Oh, joy.

I tuned in today on the offchance they're away, and basked in the vibes of Smooth Willy and the Gang. Even Donny Deutsch was in a good mood.

Oh, I hope that Mika announces that she’s pregnant!

R473 makes a good point: Steve Schmidt should be groomed for his own show. He is like the new Ed Schultz (RIP) — a reformed conservative.

And he and Nicolle worked together in the GOP, so his sourcing has to be balls-deep.

Donny Deutsch said in passing today that he was "helping the DNC with messaging". I sure hope he didn't come up with the slogans we've heard so far.

He said that in the segment with David Farenthold about the emoluments case that the judge allowed to proceed. They were discussing that the emoluments issue is confusing and murky to many voters (morons?! what is so hard to get that Cheeto is profiting from office?). So if the Dems / progressives want to make it into a campaign issue, it has to be simplified. Deutsch said he suggested that Dems should boil it down to the issue of "fair play", if I remember well.

[quote] Donny Deutsch said in passing today that he was "helping the DNC with messaging".

It's MSNBC. That's all they do there.

Has anyone ever seen Steve Schmidt smile? I realize that this is a serious subject & no laughing matter, but I find people like Nicolle Wallace & Rachel Maddow to be the more effective because they're capable of discerning the absurdity & appreciating it. George Will never smiles but he makes a lot of jokes with a straight face & they emphasize his point. I agree with most of what Schmidt says & share his outrage, but I always come away feeling that he must be a pain in the ass to live with & I don't want him for a pal.

smiling Steve

He's overbearing with his outrage. I've stopped listening to him.

Steve Schmidt was portrayed as a patriotic hero by Woody Hatrelson in a hit HBO movie. What does he have to scowl about?

Emily Jane is Foxing it up on Brian Williams’ show. She’s in high demand for all her Cohen tea.

Does she have Google Alerts to let her know when she’s mentioned online? Does she know that the gays of Datalounge love her? I hope she’s flattered by our attention.

R480, that looks like a picture in a picture frame on sale at CVS.

At least Emily changed out of her pink ruffled pinafore for her evening performance but that blue dress has a very odd asymetric lace collar.

Did anybody see Katy Tur when she had attorney Daniel Goldman on? It just looked like there was lots of chemistry.

Daniel Goldman is lowkey very hot.

He has five kids! His wife can't stay off that dick.

Don't blame her.

^^It was both ways, but it looked more like he was trying to concentrate very hard on what he was discussing so as not to jump on her bones.

What, am I INVISIBLE, R488?

It feels like some commentators, like Matt Miller, are in the witness protection program because they're never in the studio, always only on camera from some other location. (I think Jill Wine-Banks was only in-studio once as I recall on Joy Reid's show.) And that reminds me, it was nice to see Ron Reagan Jr. this week; I had not seen him in quite a while.

Regarding Rachel, I have a feeling she's just taking summer Fridays off but will be back to 5 days once fall arrives.

Jill lives in Chicago. Joyce Vance lives in Birmingham.

Matt Miller, Ned Price, Michael McFaul and many of the IC elders live in D.C.

Malcolm Nance lives in ... Philly or Atlanta, I'm not sure.

I'm always impressed they get these people on-air live at a moment's notice. They must have setups in the living rooms of contributors on contract.

McFaul is a professor at Stanford and lives in CA.

They probably use studios at local NBC affiliates.

I liked Lawrence O'Donnell's theory on Friday's show that the Cohen leak about the Trump Tower meeting was from the WH as a form of witness suborning. That is, it was a strong message to all who were at the meeting to get on the same page together now.

R493 - That issue was brought up on Rachel Maddow on Thursday night as well.

I believe Matt Miller is in Austin, TX.

Who is Trump's robotic, zombie-like right-wing mouthpiece (not Sarah "Colonel" Sanders)? Looks like a human Ken Doll complete with non-blinking eyes.

David Gura reminds me of him, with the added smirk.

Rachel has been on her toes lately. Doesn’t get much better than that when Rachel’s on the ball.

No nasty comments please.

Funny how, after I posted my comment at R490 last night about Matt Miller never appearing in the studio, there he was on Joy's show this morning. She was broadcasting from their studios in DC, so I guess perhaps that's where he lives. He looks much thinner in person than he does when he's appearing only on camera.

Clint Watts was there also, looking hot as always.

Is Clint Watts hotter with or without his glasses?

That's very gay, Clint.

“ I have never had a boss or an executive discourage me in any way from the music stuff, so that is kinda cool. “

Bump.

Natasha Bertrand is great, although it feels like she appears every couple of hours.

On weekends, they repeat clips from contributors all the time. Yesterday it seemed like Joyce Vance was on non-stop.

Just because Ari can supposedly "bring" hip-hop to cable news, doesnt necessarily mean HE should be doing it.

Coming soon on Ari's show:

Malcom Nance often has the NYS Capitol as his back drop or the Capitol complex, that 70's architectural monstrosity.

Who chooses the backdrops--do the guests have anything to do with it? Can Joyce Vance broadcast from home but still have Birmingham as her backdrop say or does she have to go to the NBC affiliate?

green screen

If a black guy incorporated hip hop lyrics into his MSNBC news show, he’d be laughed into the street. But when a white guy does it, it’s “wokeness to the culture.”

Jill Wine-Banks' pins deserve their own show on MSNBC.

I was especially loving her "Blue Wave" pin yesterday.

I wished that Tamron Hall was still on MSNBC. Her presence is missed.

Someone needs to slap Chris Hayes viscously on his hinny. Preferably Steve Kornacki, or maybe Tommy DiDario.

Ayman Mohyeldin

R512, good idea. If we do that I’m worried some old fraus will stumble upon the thread via search engine and see DLers talking about whether Jill’s pussy stinks (it smells GOOD BTW)!

Elise Jordan sometimes has a chip on her shoulder when she appears on Morning Joe, Dateline: White House, etc.

What do you want r517, she's a Republican.

Not all Republicans are like Nicole.

Elisa Jordan opinions are not very astute. She is like the white girl R version of Jonathan Capeheart.

Chuck the Toad absent from his show yet again. Please tell me that he is being replaced.

No, r520. You may want Todd to be gone, but since he has to work almost every Sunday for his network "flagship" Meet the Press show, and probably most Saturdays to prepare for it, he has never hosted the cable offspring daily show every weekday. Especially not Mondays. His weekend off begins at 11 am eastern Sunday morning.

Of course, r518

Good lord. Todd needs a whole day to prepare for Sunday MTP?

Todd has changed the way he pronounces Butina and he needs to be viciously slapped.

All day Sunday he said BOOT-nah.

Asshole, it's BOO-tee-nah.

Why the big push to make is NOT sound like POO-teen.

Rachel off tonight. Ari sub hosting.

Rachel is always taking time off.

Wow, is Rachel actually taking a four-day weekend? In the summer?

I hope she's taking more time off. The woman hardly ever takes a whole week, and no doubt will be live at 9 pm Monday thru Friday all through the election season after Labor Day.

I challenge anyone to compare her time off to anyone else doing live shows in daytime, let alone evenings. And then compare those hosting entertainment shows who typically tape the Friday show on Thursdays (Kimmel, Colbert, Kelly and Ryan, The View, Kathie Lee and whoever, Letterman in his day).

Lawrence O almost never had a Friday show, going back to the beginning. On Fridays, Rachel would say at the end of her show "And now, time to go to prison" because it would be that hideous prison reality show overnight all weekend.

Lawrence has Friday shows now too, and he still doesn't work most of them. They usually have some body else (Joy, Ari) substitute for him on most Friday nights, although closer to the election he seems to have it in his contract that he host Friday night himself through the election.

So Rachel is not the only one doing it.

And if you want to talk about somebody who is always taking days off from their show, how come Stephanie Ruhle takes so much time off?

Ruhle has two or three kids and it's summer. I don't think she took much time earlier in the year and she subbed for Velshi when he was on his month long absence.

No insider info here, but I wonder if the reason it always seems like Fox News creatures like Hannity and (previously) Bill O'Reilly never take/took much vacation, even in summer, could be ultimatums from the aggrieved but wealthy wives.

We understand you can't get away, honey. Keep working, and we'll check in every day or so from our first-class travels. Thanks! Love you! See you in a couple months!

Did Ari miss a spot when shaving? Or is that little strip of scruff under his nose some sort of rap facial hair?

I can't decide it it's scruff or the shadow from the tip of his nose. The tie is interesting.

Lawrence does not work a lot of Fridays, but can you imagine how hard it must be to get A-List guests on a Friday at 10 pm?

Daniel Goldman is one cute daddy!

That’s not a shadow under Ari’s nose. It’s a patch of facial hair. He’s so quirky!

New hot lawyer alert: Elie Honig.

Amen. Elie has a textbook BDF.

Yes, R536/537. I recently saw him for the first time and immediately Googled him.

He's hot and something tells me he's no stranger to having a cock in his mouth.

And then there's Jeremy Peters, who just gets hotter and hotter every time I see him.

Jeremy has very white teefs.

Congratulations and respect to the great Andrea Mitchell, celebrating 40 years at NBC News today. I know not all of you love her, but she has been a tough reporter with great sources and has travelled all over the world as a White House correspondent, anchor, and State Dept reporter. Regardless of the party in power, or the particular President in office, she is always relentless. Also a groundbreaking self-admitted feminist and role model for many younger women journalists, broadcast and print.

Neera Tanden has the whiniest voice I've ever heard. I have to change the channel when I see her on the panel.

Neera Tanden and Emily Jane Fox make me tune into Fox News when they're on. To stop my ears from bleeding.

The up side is I can learn what the Deplorables are saying for a few minutes.

Jen Kerns. She was one of the original Tea Party affiliates.

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Andrea Mitchell is a craterfaced cunt!!

Will Andrea voluntarily retire? Or will she insist on staying on the air long into her dotage like Baba Wawa?

I respect Andrea. She has been in the business almost a lifetime. She broke ground when women were supposed to be home barefoot and pregnant. She apparently was confident and had balls to make a name for herself in the industry. I have to give her credit some days she is a guest on Morning Joe with his so called lovely side kick Mica, her own noon show and then she will appear on the 11 pm show. She always knows her stuff.

Exactly, r548.

What I can't get about Andrea Mitchell is that she is married Alan Greenspan, who is now 92 (seems to be still alive according to Google). I wonder if he's senile. They must have a full-time housekeeper/caregiver for him. Got to be among the world's ugliest men. Andrea looks pretty good for her age (she was never a beauty to begin with). I wonder if they actually still live together. Alan Greenspan at 92--can't be a pretty sight to come home to.

Andrea last night on The Daily Show . . .

What's the scoop on Ramesh Ponnuru? He was just on with Nicolle Wallace. Sounds like a nelly version of Cyndi Lauper...

Andrea should continue to report for NBC but she should’ve been ousted from her daily MSNBC show years ago. She can’t read the prompter without stuttering and fumbling her lines. Same with Chris Matthews.

Chuck Toad is already concern-trolling about the Manafort trial.

The Toady line is that if Mueller doesn't get a conviction, the rest of the Russia investigation will be sapped at the knees.

Chucky Todd was nerbous-shitting his pants when the conversation turned to Tad Devine. I am glad his guest did not exonerate Tad much to Todd's concerned face. .

[quote] if Mueller doesn't get a conviction, the rest of the Russia investigation will be sapped at the knees

He isn't all that concerned. He knows they'll get their conviction, but on nothing pertaining to Trump. So his reporting just won't make the distinction.

Wait collusion is a crime now ... someone needs to tell Rudy and Trump.

Going blonde was a good move for Andrea.

Nicolle is in for Rachel tonight.

R559> Cool, I will watch!

Nicolle is a pleasant surprise. Wonder why Joy isn’t filling in.

R541: I love Andrea Mitchell. I tape her show and try to watch when I can. I love how she will occasionally react with ladylike shock over whatever appalling thing is in the news, usually trump related in recent years. She manages this understated reaction that commands respect, despite being very muted.

But but but I thought that Nicole couldn’t do a prime time show since it would rob her of precious Mommy Time with her sprogs. Has Nicole abandoned her babies? Hmmmm?

Judging from the historic clips about Andrea, after the advent of hi-def television, she’s had to up her makeup game. Her skin looks so much better now than it did 20 years ago.

My sense is that nobody with that complexion could get started in the business today. Look at msnbc, for example. They mostly hire young, attractive people, it seems these days.

Andrea Mitchell can be proud of the fact that she was not hired for her looks. I sincerely mean that as a compliment. She's great and always has been!

Nicolle is so gorgeous. She really is.

Nicolle's color and highlights are some of the best on TV. That warm honey blond really works for her.

Nicole referred to herself as a “nonpracticing Republican” in contrast to Steve Schmidt who quit the party.

I wonder which features of Republicanism that Nicole is holding on to.

R566... It's funny you mention that. I always thought Nicolle was very attractive. But for the first time tonight watching her on Rachel, I thought the same thing: Shes gorgeous!

The 5 minutes Steve Schmidt is on TV are the most concise, cogent, and well-spent 5 minutes of any broadcast. The guy is remarkable.

What happened to Rachel?

One week vacation?

A lesbian friend of mine told me today that she wants Jill Wine-Banks to sit on her face.

She said this years ago about Sandra Day O'Connor, so I think she has a type.

[quote]The guy is remarkable.

And yet, he contributed to the present nightmare by working for Karl Rove and foisting on us the proto-Trump "pride" of Alaska.

On the other hand, his sister is a lesbian and he supports gay rights.

Nick Confessore was on Morning Joe this AM sporting a scruffy look - not a good idea because he doesn't have a beard face.

Nicolle seemed awful nervous last night. lots of rushed words, and reading fumbles. Rach has big hosting shoes to fill.

I wish they would all drop the word collusion and use conspiracy.

Bump.

r576, probably with the shift on 01.03.2019.

Zerlina Maxwell

[quote]Nicolle seemed awful nervous last night. lots of rushed words, and reading fumbles

Almost every anchor fumbles occasionally reading off a prompter, or in explaining something, when news is breaking and especially when tensions are running high about the news content. Katy Tur miffed a couple of teleprompter lines today, too.

But when Mitchell or Matthews do it, it's because they're old and in the way? That's just wrong. Experience and a sense of history are actually quite valuable.

Rachel Maddow’s Show is the highest rated on the network. Her high ratings and high ad dollars are crucial to the financial viability of the entire network. Ratings are analyzed at the minute-by-minute level. Nicolle was justifiably terrified of tarnishing the crown jewel

Nicolle was definitely nervous last night, was this the first time Nicolle did the Rachel Maddow show?

MSNBC is still talking about the kidnapped migrant children who are missing. GOOD!!

There is a huge difference between the format of Maddow and Wallace’s shows. Wallace does not have anywhere near the opening length that Maddow does.

Nicolle held her own last night. I remember when she was in the process of taking over Steve’s show. Nicolle was nervous and lacked confidence. Nicolle surrounds herself with an excellent group of analysts. It didn’t take Nicolle long to adjust comfortably in her time slot. Rachel greatly admires and respects Nicolle.

Joy does a nice job filling in for Rachel. Rachel has honed her hour to perfection.

Nicolle has the liveliest panels. Love when John Heilemann is on. The absurdity of what the Trump presidency is best skewered by her.

It was really weird to see more than two guests on at the same time on Maddow last night. That never happens. It’s always a one on one interview, not a split screen.

Usually it's Solo Maddow for at least half the show. And it's why I've shut that whole thing down until 10PM.

r588 is unable to process strong information. hence, no rachel

Rachel rules; Hannity drools

Can someone figure out the broche Jilly Wine is wearing tonight in Lawrence’s show?

R591: She said it is a pin of Trump unraveling LOL!

Why does Joy speak so rapidly? Her guests seem to strain trying to decipher her questions, I know I do. I find myself tuning in less often on the weekends and tuning out during her weeknight fill-ins. Her speech pattern is headache inducing.

Slow down. Please.

R593> She is trying to fit everything in before the commercial, and yeah - annoying.

Joy Reid?

ready to start our sixth thread.

Will someone please post a link to the new one here? My tablet won't do it.

It will be called MSNBC Part Six, quick search and you'll see it. Give me just a few minutes.

Thank you, bitches.

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