MSNBC - Part 18

Gary is adorable.

He is cute, when is he on?

Is this the new MSNBC: Homeschool Edition?

Lol R3.

Here's Gary in his College News gig.

Gary looks like he's 12.

There is only room for ONE NewsTwink, and it is me!

Go ask Andrea!

Is Vaughn about to do the news equivalent of transitioning from Helix Studios to Treasure Island Media?

Is his news hole too used up and blown out to excite MSNBC viewers?

Gary's ears are a problem.

There's a newish plastic surgery procedure called macrotia surgery that can reduce ear size, not just pin them back, which is all they could do in the past (otoplasty).

He might want to look into that.

David Gura is clearly in crisis. He appears to be blond now.

Gary Grumbach?

Bitch stole my look!

[quote]There is only room for ONE NewsTwink, and it is me!

A-hem!

Somebody in the old thread said they never seen Haake anchoring. I had the privilege to catch him substitute for Joy one Saturday morning and he looked sexy as ever without the mask. This was before The Reid Out was announced. He's a correspondent but, I love staring at him all day. Let's give him a live hour, fuck Chuck Todd, give Nicolle MTP on Sundays....did I miss anything??

In case you all didn't know David Gura is hung massively. I mean the thing exists in its on zip code. At Cornell he was called "tube".

What are your sources of this information, R12?

Or are you David Gura, drunk, blond, and fiddling on his roof while eyeballing Google Alerts?

I went to Williams, he went to Cornell. My roommate was best friends with him and he would visit from time to time. Fun guy, always had good weed.

He looks like he still smokes weed, R14!

But who gossiped about his dick? Men? Women?

If that’s your description of adorable, I’d hate to see what your description of cute looks like. He looks like he’s on his way to Sunday School. Throw this one back and try again!

R15, my roommate had a bunch of high school friends visit (girls and guys) and someone brought up his "tube" nickname. So I asked and that's how I found out. Then later on that semester a girl that hung out with us blew him and she gave me details.

[quote]I mean the thing exists in its on zip code.

What were the details, R17?

Fucking corporate media, and you care, OP?

Duck the duck off.

Wait, so David Gura is straight, R17?

That's a bummer.

The story about his huge cock is a major turn on, though.

BREAKING NEWS

Garret Haake currently anchoring Weekends/Witt for your viewing pleasure.

Is he naked, R21?

Brother?

Is that an actual real adult male??

Lol, R24.

Yes, grandma. That's what adult males look like "Now-A-Days."

Bullshit, R25! R24 is right. I thought he was like 15.

I see he's like 25. I've seen 25yo TODAY. He doesn't look like them, R25.

I just landed on MSNBC.

Garrett Haake is very easy on the eyes.

He also has a very pleasant personality.

Why doesn't he anchor more often?

[OT There is not a CBS news thread but I wanted to comment that Margaret Brennan ate the Governor of Mississippi's lunch today on FTN. It was amazeballs watching her tear into his ineffective policies against his open school orders amid rising infection rates. She is getting better. ]

Does Garrett Haake wear any clothes below the anchor desk?

Or is he completely nude?

He's a total BRO.

Damn, he's fit!

Eddie Cantor redux

He has Llama neck.

So sexy...

I think Garrett's Adam's apple is sexy.

Garrett's everything is sexy.

How tall is he, any way? He looks to be about 6'5.

I was just going to say Haake does resemble a Llama

Darn.

Hans Nichols moved over from MSNBC to AXIOS.

I'm gonna miss seeing him on television.

Jonathan Lemire was wearing glasses this morning on Morning Joe.

[quote] Jonathan Lemire was wearing glasses this morning on Morning Joe.

I don't hear Jonathan discussed much, but I think he's so handsome.

R1, He looks like a young Danny Thomas . . . and that's not a compliment.

Morgan Chesky is the hottest male on MSNBC.

[quote] Morgan Chesky is the hottest male on MSNBC.

Nope.

Gadi Schwartz.

Hallie Jackson is back. She looks better than she did before pregnancy.

Did she get some work done, R43?

Honestly, r44, I have no idea. She doesn't look like she's been done, but her face is more "chiseled" if this makes any sense? Though I have to say it wouldn't surprise me if she had work done while away. It's their seeking nature, right?

Beto alert! He's on next.

He looks really good. Rested. I really wish he had been given a big speaking part for the convention.

Beto is like the Armie Hammer of politics.

R47, I really wish he would place his big part inside of me.

Hans Nichols (now at Axios) is on C-Span from his house right now. There are animal paintings on the wall behind him- a bunny, a fawn, an owl, a badger(?) and one other I can’t identify.

Pretty cute.

Is Hans straight?

Why does it seem as if Joy Reid & Jason Johnson express more disdain for Mayor Pete than Donald Trump? And she gets a show at a prime hour?

Is MSNBC turning on scholarly, married, white gay men with "ambition"?

Please shut the fuck up R52.

Jason Johnson is truly horrible. I didn’t miss him. He’s wrong about virtually everything and never owns up to it when he’s called out. One of the worst contributors.

Hans has BGF. He does appear on TV. Saw him briefly on the show that precedes Morning Joe.

Yes, r54.

R53 = Jason

Someone posted this in Part 17 (which is paywalled, so I'm posting it here):

[quote] I hope Hillary remarks on how Mika was part of the but her emails crowd, and she and Joe licked Trump's boots during the campaign. Yes, I am still holding a grudge against Joe and Mika for their past Trump support.

I'd like to add that she should also call Mika out on completely TRASHING Joe Biden over the Tara Reade allegations, only to have Tara Reade completely discredited. Now Tara Reade is cancelled, and Joe is the nominee.

But Mika should be held accountable for presuming Joe guilty, before all the facts were out.

Hailee Jackson is back!

Vaughn has escaped Arizona! He's in Milwaukee now doing his little bounce and talk.

[quote] Vaughn has escaped Arizona! He's in Milwaukee now doing his little bounce and talk.

He must have gotten fucked last night, since he has that little spring in his step.

Jonathan Lemire is my future ex-husband. He just doesn't know it yet.

I really wish I understood Ari Melber's show. It is almost pointless. Could we move him to 4 and have Nicole lead in to Joy's show.

Ari's an attorney, so I think they brought him on a some sort of legal analyst.

Dan Abrams used to be the go-to law guy for MSNBC, but when he left, they filled the void with Ari.

I guess that MSNBC thought it would be worthwhile to have Ari as a commentator, since Trump breaks so many laws.

But alas, Washington and Congress doesn't seem to care about how many laws Trump breaks.

The only thing I like about Ari Melber is that he's a lawyer who's capable of asking questions and making comments that are intelligent and informative from a legal perspective. Unfortunately, he's not content to remain in that role without veering off into rap territory. Now that you mention it, R63, I miss Dan Abrams!

I loved Dan Abrams. I'm not sure if the average MSNBC watcher is all that into rap.

Fucking hell, R62.

You posted about Ari, then I responded to you at R63.

About two minutes later, I opened up a new tab for Youtube, and Ari Melber was the first suggested video on the page.

What the fuck???!!! Goddamned internet.

When I first moved to NYC 20 years ago, I was walking up Sixth Avenue and Dan Abrams was approaching from the opposite direction. I recognized him immediately because I thought he was so gorgeous then. He was wearing a tan suit and exuded sex appeal.

I wanted to tackle him right there on the street but alas just walked on by....

Jeffrey Toobin is on Chris Hayes. Did he jump ship fromm CNN?

Toobin has a new book out and has been appearing hither and yon promoting it.

That fucking cunt Joy Reid tried repeatedly to get Al Franken to say something negative about Trump holding his brother's funeral in the White House, but he refused to take the bait, much to Joy's obvious disappointment.

Jonathan Lemire looks like he doesn't wipe.

Unforgivable.

"Thomas Roberts Out at MSNBC to be Replaced by Bloomberg's David Gura"

R72, That's a three year old article.

R72 = Rip Van Winkle

R70, that's what I dislike about Joy Reid -- she's confrontational for its own sake, whether or not its called for.

r73, #neverforget

I am triggeredddddd by Jonathan Capehart's hairline! I swear it is the only reason why I don't watch him on the weekends. Sis, your office is in the HEART of the business district in Manhattan with many EXCLUSIVE and regular degular BARBERS. These professionals work wonders! Please consider!

Morgan Chesky and Sam Brock are covering Hurricane Laura. Sam is unfortunately covered up in a parka, but Morgan is wearing an untucked shirt that is struggling to cover his body with the winds.

R78, Let's hope that shirt becomes saturated with rain and clings to Morgan like a second skin.

[quote]Morgan is wearing an untucked shirt that is struggling to cover his body with the winds.

Which is funny, because I'd be struggling to to uncover his body.

I really don't get this attraction to Morgan Chesky.

He is so BLAND. You all have terrible taste.

Vaughn is so much cuter. And I love his reporting.

Bill Karins is talking about Laura while not wearing a wedding ring.

Does he gay?

Joe Biden is on "live" with Andrea Mitchell right now.

Horrible lighting, Joe looks like he's 120 years old.

Andrea sounds like she had a stroke.

Chuck the Toad was visibly shocked that HE didn't get the Biden call in.

Watching Andrea and Joe try to do a remote interview was tense because neither one of them can actually end a sentence cleanly. She stutters and rambles on even when she should have just stopped talking. Thankfully, it went okay and he didn't have any major gaffes.

Why did MSNBC feel it necessary to obviously lighten Kamala Harris' skin color in their promotional ads for her "exclusive" interview with Craig Melvin?

Andrea Mitchell sounds like she's half asleep.

The woman has NO energy.

Why was Carly Fiorina on Craig Melvin's show?

Is she a Democrat now?

Garrett Haake in a tight t-shirt alert! Turn over there now!

Remember when Carly Fionora fell off the stage? LOL

She's not a Democrat but she's supporting Biden.

Isn’t it past his bedtime?

[quote]Why was Carly Fiorina on Craig Melvin's show. Is she a Democrat now?

Joy Reid also had her on yesterday. Floriana says she is voting for Biden.

I hate the way Carly Fiorina talks. I’d guess she had elocution lessons and used to have a nasty accent of some sort.

[quote] Cara Carleton Sneed was born on September 6, 1954, in Austin, Texas, the daughter of Madelon Montross (née Juergens) and Joseph Tyree Sneed III. The name "Carleton", from which "Carly" is derived, has been used in every generation of the Sneed family since the Civil War. At the time of her birth, Fiorina's father was a professor at the University of Texas School of Law. He would later become dean of Duke University School of Law, Deputy U.S. Attorney General, and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Her mother was an abstract painter. She is mainly of English and German ancestry, and was raised Episcopalian. Her paternal great-great-great-grandfather, Joseph P. Sneed, was a Methodist minister and educator in Texas.

I never would have guessed. All this time, I thought she was Italian. She kind of looks Italian.

So I'm thinking that maybe she had a heavy Texas accent, and tried to get rid of it.

Remember when Trump said she was too ugly to be President?

[quote] I hope Hilary remarks on how Mika was part of the but her emails crowd, and she and Joe licked Trump's boots during the campaign. Yes, I am still holding a grudge against Joe and Mika for their past Trump support.

Joe and Mika are like convicted serial killers who "find Jesus" in hopes of getting paroled or avoiding the death penalty.

School days.

[quote]Is she a Democrat now?

It's that time in the election cycle when MSNBC tries to be a little more balanced and invites a few sacrificial Republicans to be on a few panels. They get torn down immediately and don't fight back. I remember in 2016 some cheap, whorish woman on Trump's campaign (pre-Kellyanne) was on Lawrence's show. About ten seconds after she started spouting her bullshit, Lawrence said very loudly "OH SHUT UP!" I relish that moment even today.

R98, Craig was being very nice and polite to Fiorina.

In fact, I found it weird that he kept calling her "Carly."

I was wondering if they're friends, or something.

Was Jonathan Capeheart on this morning?

I totally missed AM Joy today.

R100, Tiffany Cross hosted the show this morning.

Somebody on these threads was always posting about Chris Hayes being all that. I never saw it until they started running this PSA. Omg his eyes are gorgeous,

I will bet two months salary that Chris Hayes has thick meat. He just has thick meat face to me.

R103, His close friendship with Lin-Manuel Miranda makes him automatically unattractive to me.

Thick meat and a thick ass, too, R103.

Chris Hayes has not learned to get over his college age disdain for people he presumes aren't as smart as he thinks he is. Not a good look for us liberals. In fact, it fires right back in our faces among working-class swing voters. Hayes' smug, know-it-all personality grates on them as well as us.

Translation of r106: I know Chris Hayes is smarter than me, and it wounds.

If you want someone to celebrate ignorance you won’t find it on MSNBC.

How does one justify his smirky, barely self-contained bask-in-his-own glow persona? Rachel is a Ph. D. Rhodes scholar, yet she manages without Hayes level of self-congratulatory smarm.

Rachel is an alpha dyke who has to one up everyone. The first time she had Pete on she mentioned that she was a Rhodes scholar FIRST within the first 20 seconds of the interview, as if Pete was supposed to grovel and praise her for it. She’s also a loony toon who pushed Russian conspiracy theories for 2 years. There’s a reason her ratings tanked after the muller report was released.

Rachel uses faux modesty: “Did I get anything wrong?” Meaning “Please tell everyone I got it exactly right.” She conveys her contempt by explaining everything three or four times, showing she doesn’t think her audience is smart enough to follow along.

Is Rachel still with Susan?

[quote] The first time she had Pete on she mentioned that she was a Rhodes scholar FIRST within the first 20 seconds of the interview, as if Pete was supposed to grovel and praise her for it.

Actually she mentioned it because Pete is also a gay Rhodes Scholar, but unlike her, he was not out at the time.

Rachel isn’t the expert so she asks the expert to correct her if necessary.

Why are people so pressed about this? LOL

And the other hosts are all experts? What are her writers and producers for?

Anyway, the point was Rachel is free of self-congratulation. I find her ‘Did I get that right?” shtick to be be a form of self-congratulations. You are free to take it at face value.

[quote]Rachel uses faux modesty: “Did I get anything wrong?” Meaning “Please tell everyone I got it exactly right.”

No, there are a couple of times when a reporter (who's story Rachel's explaining) or guest (who is the subject of her discussion) provides additional detail that's germane to our understanding what's going on.

In that context, I think it's also a sign of respect that after providing the set-up, Rachel then defers to the reporter or the subject in order for them to be the last word in defining the overall narrative.

Most guests would correct an important error on their own initiative, and 99% of the time we hear the “you got it exactly right, Rachel.” Completely unnecessary.

Quarantine-bearded Eric Swalwell is on Rachel right now ❤️

Bearded Swallwell is HAF.

r110, there is a new book about how Rosenstein dropped the Trump/Russia counter-intel investigation.

She was and is right.

[Quote]a sign of respect

How old fashioned...

So, regardless of Rachel's background or intentions, Chris Hayes remains smarmy as all fuck.

Nope. Not smarmy. He just assumes his audience is smart.

Did you stop to consider that his potential audience might find his "I'm a smart guy, hear me roar" smarmimess a bit of a discouraging turn off? He's average to middling smart to the rest of us not in a Trump choke hold.

[quote]Rachel isn’t the expert so she asks the expert to correct her if necessary.

Rachel does it so she can act like “the expert agrees that I’m right about everything!”

Nope. He smarter than you think and has a refreshing enthusiasm for intelligent discussions.

I really can't stand when Eugene Robinson is a guest on Morning Joe.

His stuttering drives me nuts. Sometimes I just want to shake him and say, "Spit it out!!!!"

Is Donnie Deutsch still on Morning Joe?

Every now and then, R128.

Still railing against his former friend DUMP.

R129, So does the Mooch.

Poor Rachel. I used to sit and watch her religiously. Now I can barely sit through a whole hour. Today, just like yesterday, she is promoting someone's book and spending most of the hour discussing/reading excerpts of topics she's DEFINITELY covered before.

Have her ratings gone down since Trump??? I used to complain she was spending too much time on him and his controversies. I just want the good old days. Remember when she broke stories like Bridgegate & Flint??? Petty local corruption?? Hopefully a Biden adminstration would re-center her show, but I really miss Rachel from 2015/2016.

R131 - I haven't watched tonight's show yet, but yesterday's show (to which R120 alluded) was a discussion of Michael Schmidt new book - which was also discussed this morning on Morning Joe.

Given the book contains new information, it was certainly worth discussing.

I still love Rachel but do admit I'm surprised the publishing companies are okay with her reading so much of their authors' books on her show. Yes, it's great promotion and not really the entire book but she basically reads out for the audience anything in there that might be considered the headliner (or the reason you might actually want to buy it). But here she is reading it out for free, so why bother.

That said, it's vital information that needs to get out (particularly with regard to Schmidt's book last night), so it's worth the time to listen.

Wow this author with Rachel seems really fragile, like she’s about to burst into tears. I want to give her a hug.

After the way Rachel treated Buttigieg, she lost me forever.

The only time I want to see her smug face is if somebody's slapping it.

After the way Rachel treated Buttigieg I understand how she is a threatened Lesbian intellectual.

I would LOVE to see Rachel interview Amy Walter: Liberal intellectual Lesbian to Conservative intellectual Lesbian.

A Nutloaf Fever Dream

I wouldn't say Amy Walter is a conservative.

OMG, she is the conservative counterpoint on PBS EVERY time.

Most certainly conservative.

I haven’t seen any evidence Amy Walter is conservative.

Ben Collins is on all the time now. He’s a hottie

Whatever happened to Joyce Vance? I haven't seen her in months. It would be very interesting to get her perspective as a University of Alabama law school faculty member.

Brian Williams is smarmy; Chris Hayes is manic. Rachel? Insecure people-pleaser? Hell I don't know. Just glad they got rid of doddery grampa Chris Matthews.

I want to lick Chris Hayes' big biceps and chest.

Eugene Robinson sounds like Kermit the Frog.

On Monday Rachel was promoting Michael Schmidt's book. Michael Schmidt is an MSNBC REGULAR. Anything new in the book he could've simply been interviewed on. I don't buy the shameless promotion.....

I’ve never appreciated Rachel’s fetish for reading long excerpts of trial transcripts, memos, books etc. with the text up on the screen so you can spot her changes. She complains about not having time for the news, but wastes so much of it.

Lol, on Joy Reid's show now: "Study: Muslims, Jews more likely to oppose violence"

She was getting dragged on Twitter Monday for comparing radicalized right wing groups to Muslim terrorists, so now she's doing major damage control.

[quote]She was getting dragged on Twitter Monday for comparing radicalized right wing groups to Muslim terrorists, so now she's doing major damage control.

I wonder how much she paid that Muslim woman to kiss her ass and talk about how great Joy is?

Joy wasn’t wrong about what she said. Dump,is radicalizing right wing morons

Exactly, R149. The point she was making -- and I agree with her -- is why do all Muslims get condemned for acts of terrorism but no one condemns all white Americans for the acts of right-wing radical groups. I'm sure the only people "dragging" her were right-wing trolls like R147.

Rosie said basically the same thing on the View many years ago and was pilloried for it. America just doesn’t want to hear that.

Look, Trump is radicalizing his followers, and the media does give him a pass, but she did make a sweeping, unflattering generalization about Muslims that was completely unnecessary to make those points.

Once again, she plays the victim rather than own what she said. No doubt some of her critics are happy to go after her for reasons unrelated to concern for Muslims, but they did not “misconstrue” what she said.

Once again, she relies upon her friends to bail her out.

I wonder how many times that will work for her.

[quote]Whatever happened to Joyce Vance?

She still appears on MSNBC on occasion, but you know, I know, and she knows why she isn't being featured as much lately. Perhaps that will change as others explore new career opportunities.

Joyce is pretty active on Twitter and has spot-on things to say, as always.

[quote] ... you know, I know, and she knows why she isn't being featured as much lately.

I don't know, R153 -- please explain.

R153 = Joan Crawford.

I would sniff and lick Ben Collins' hairy hole

Get in line, R157.

Thank you, r152, for clearing that up for the knee-jerkers here on DL.

Rachel was sloppy tonight. Disinherit is not the same as disown, and Tiffany’s child support would end when she was no longer dependent (got a job or joined military or peace corps), not specifically if she joined the military.

Neal Katyal is so cute and sexy. Love his hairy chest.

Sorry, let me clarify that I love the fact it's obvious he has a hairy chest as it peeks out from the top of his unbuttoned shirts. I haven't actually SEEN his hairy chest, unfortunately.

R160. That was really sloppy. Stopping child support if the child got a job, or joined the military. Hardly a scandal, not sure why she came to the conclusion she did.

[Quote]Disinherit is not the same as disown, and Tiffany’s child support would end when she was no longer dependent

Could you enlighten us about the differences, please?

In one you are expelled from the family; the other you don’t inherit money.

So one can be expelled, but still inherit?

Unlikely.

Hey Rachel haters!

Programming note. Rachel will be interviewing Michael Cohen on Tuesday, September 8 at 9:00 p.m.

Okay, toodles!

That's the day of Cohen's book release. I'm surprised we haven't seen any leaks from it yet. No one in the media has gotten an advance copy?

Joy Reid is on Morning Joe, and I can't stand listening to her.

She is the absolute worst.

Everything out of her mouth is opinion, and nothing based on fact. Which is why she gets into so much fucking trouble.

Reid is one of the least intelligent commentators on the entire network, simply because she goes on these long, annoying rants (like she's doing right now on Morning Joe), and cites no references or research. It's all just fucking OPINION.

Well nobody wants to hear your goddamned OPINION, bitch.

News people should be basing their commentary on FACT.

Everybody on Morning Joe traffics in opinion, R170.

“The Young Paul Ryan Chronicles”

R168 - Lester Holt is interviewing him on NBC on the same day.

Cohen's going to be a busy guy next week.

R173, Will his ghostwriter, Rosie O'Donnell, be appearing with him?

R171, yes, but Joy did it while black, which was the only real problem for R170.

Whatever happened to that blonde MSNBC person who had the inside track on all things related to Michael Cohen? Is she irrelevant now that the man himself is willing to talk?

Emily Jane Fox was interviewed from her oceanside vacation spot a few days go when Melania's ex-friend's book came out. Expect to see her a lot next week.

Rachel announced she is doing 2 hours of her show tonight. Put Lawrence out to pasture or replace him after the election.

Joy did two hours also.

[quote] Joy did two hours also.

Sounds like a nightmare.

[quote] Joy did two hours also.

Why is this bitch appearing everywhere on MSNBC?

Morning Joe had her on today, promoting her stupid book.

Then she gets an extra hour for her nightly show?

And she also pops in on A.M. Joy on the weekends.

She's fucking everywhere, like the coronavirus.

I wasn't sold on Joy at first when they announced that she would be taking over Chris Matthews's slot, but she's really become a phenom. She's a bigger deal than Nicole Wallace now.

I love Joy. No one trolls Trump better than she does.

Joy refers to her teenage children. Who is their father?

Holiday weekend.

[quote]Whatever happened to Joyce Vance? I haven't seen her in months.

She was just on Velshi's show a few minutes ago. They were talking about Dump barring federal agencies from doing racial sensitivity training. She said he's just "blasting out his racism" by ending those programs.

The 2nd half of Rachel's two hour show consisted of a repeat of her interviews with Stephanie Winston Wolkoff and Michael Schmidt's - I guess in case anyone missed it.

I don't think it was to put Lawrence out to pasture so much as it was for MSNBC to get the night people home for the Labor Day weekend - and have them well rested enough for when Michael Cohen pays a visit next week.

R187, it was the same thing with Joy's show prior to Rachel's -- she did a 2-hour show, the second hour taking over Chris Hayes' spot, and part of her second hour was a repeat segment of her interview with Mary Trump. As you said, I think they did this to give folks the night off and an early start for the Labor Day weekend. (Instead of Steve Kornacki filling in for Brian at 11 as he's done all week, they repeated Ari's show from earlier in the evening.)

There will be no new shows on Monday night by the way.

Maria Teresa Kumar filling in as host of AM Joy this morning. Nice!

R189 She called Ali Velshi Velshi Ali a couple of times. Not nice.

Lol R190.

I would call him Ah-Lee, like Muhammed Ali.

I don't know why he goes with the girl's pronunciation of his name, like Alley.

Kind of self-loathing, if you ask me.

R191, He has a face for radio.

R191, why would you think you could tell someone how to pronounce their OWN name?

I really like Joy, yes she's had a few missteps over the years, but those have been rare. She's a great interviewer and I enjoy her analysis of the issues.

I can't watch Steve Kornacki even for a minute now, he causes me to seizure

I do find it odd that Kornacki wears the same tan-colored pants anytime he's at that board. Does no one at MSNBC ever think to ask him if he has a pair of another color?

That said, he and Ali Velshi have to be the hardest-working men in cable news. I swear one or the other is on the air every single day.

R196, gurl we have this conversation about Kornacki allllll the time! It's his "uniform" a la Steve Jobs and Rachel Maddow. Focus on his work and what he's saying, not how glutinous he looks in those khakis! 😍😍

Italian reporter Gabriel Debenedetti was on MSNBC yesterday and he has the most piercing blue eyes I've ever seen. I thought I was going to faint.

WHET First Look's Louis Bergdorff?

[quote]Joy refers to her teenage children. Who is their father?

Um, her [bold]husband,[/bold] R184?

One man, one spouse, three children from that union--unlike that chancre of a WHITE President we're suffering under.

I would feast on Gabriel's hairy hole for 2 hours and 17 minutes

Nicole Wallace's show is now two hours; did they finally kick Fuck Todd off the weekday schedule?

Hottie Louis Burgdorf got FIRED.

The ultimate company man had to change his Instagram name from nbclou to something else.

He was frog-marched out of 30 Rock in total disgrace.

Seriously, R203???

What's the scoop? Sounds juicy.

Is he a sex pest?

Chuck Todd has the most punchable face in broadcasting.

The thing that bothers me the most about Chuck Todd is how he'll ask a question, and if the interviewee takes more than 5 seconds to answer, he starts bristling and tries to cut them off. He's the most awkward interviewer I've ever seen.

I like Nicole Wallace. I mean, she's okay. Do we really need two hours of her?

R207, Didn't she ditch her husband for an MSNBC colleague?

Robert Costa reporting that Bob Woodward is releasing tapes of the orange idiot. (And poor Robert is also having to try to deal with Andrea Mitchell rambling and babbling and unable to finish a sentence.)

Robert Costa reporting that Bob Woodward is releasing tapes of the orange idiot. (And poor Robert is also having to try to deal with Andrea Mitchell rambling and babbling and unable to finish a sentence.)

Robert Costa reporting that Bob Woodward is releasing tapes of the orange idiot. (And poor Robert is also having to try to deal with Andrea Mitchell rambling and babbling and unable to finish a sentence.)

Could you please repeat that, R209 R210 and R211?

We didn't get it the first time.

Last night, Joy confused “oligarchs” with “autocrats.” They’re not synonyms, dear.

Come on R213 - you're splitting hairs. I think they're close enough. This isn't a covfefe moment.

Oligarch: 1 a ruler in an oligarchy; 2 a very rich business leader with a great deal of political influence. Autocrat: 1 a ruler who has absolute power; 2 someone who insists on complete obedience from others; an imperious or domineering person

They are not “close enough.” In today’s discourse the oligarchs are Putin’s cronies. Autocrats are dictators like Putin, Erdogan, Kim and Duterte.

Joy Reid attended a vocational high school.

[quote] Joy Reid attended a vocational high school.

For wayward homophobes?

[quote](And poor Robert is also having to try to deal with Andrea Mitchell rambling and babbling and unable to finish a sentence.)

Listening to her today was especially painful.

[quote]Joy Reid attended a vocational high school.

She's allegedly a Harvard graduate. Although I doubt anyone has ever seen the diploma.

How is Chris Hayes' pompadour?

He's grown it longer on to and is slicking it back, R220. Funny you brought it up because last night it really looked like a 1930s mobster's haircut.

Andrea Mitchell read aloud the word pussies on air from a quote in the Woodward book. All the other anchors haven't said it and Nicolle just said it's a word we can't say on air but starts with a p.

[quote]Andrea Mitchell read aloud the word pussies on air from a quote in the Woodward book.

Andrea doesn't know what that means.

To each his own. I think Chris Hayes is a cutie.

[quote] Andrea Mitchell read aloud the word pussies on air from a quote in the Woodward book. All the other anchors haven't said it and Nicolle just said it's a word we can't say on air but starts with a p.

Rofl! I love how Andrea gives zero fucks.

At least she treats her audience like adults.

I'm so sick of this fucking mommy frau culture, where the audience are treated like children.

If it says PUSSIES in the book, then fucking say PUSSIES. PUSSIES.

Enough of this "P-word" bullshit.

Don't know why but I think Andrew Weissman is hot and I would totally fuck him. Maybe it helps that there's not a big difference in our ages (I'm 55, he's 62).

[quote]Andrea Mitchell read aloud the word pussies on air from a quote in the Woodward book.

She actually said Wet Ass Pussy!

There are some who believe that Trump made the word news worthy and pronounceable.

When Trump says grab em by the pussy. say pussy.

When Trump says idiots and pussies, say idiots and pussies.

THERE'S SOME WHORES IN THIS HOUSE

Andrea will cut a bitch.

Andrea should have used the more woke-approved term "front-hole".

Andrea also memorably said Pussy Riot several times during a segment some years ago.

It's a hot little Patton Place, isn't it?

r233, Oh, dear.

r183, No one can get under Trumptard's skins more than Joy. I remember on her "A.M. Joy" show when it first started she had a Republic on who used the term "Democrat" party. Without skipping a beat, Joy said very calmly and smoothly "On my show it is the Democrat-IC party, my friend." The Republic was so shocked they literally couldn't speak. All she did was call them to task for using the wrong phrase for the Democratic party and they were absolutely flummoxed that anybody would call them to task for that.

I loved Joy for that.

[quote] Andrea should have used the more woke-approved term "front-hole".

Andrea should have used the c-word.

For dramatic effect.

Andrea dropped pussies on air during an interview with Nancy Pelosi. The interview now has a transcript and was published on the government website for the Speaker of the House.

[quote]Quote of the President: ‘Not to mention my F-ing generals are a bunch of pussies. They care more about their alliances than they do about trade deals,’ Trump told White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro at one point, according to Woodward. [/quote]

Is Ari Melber a bit...simple? He mispronounces the most random, non-difficult words.

Yesterday it was "ROCK-chester," New York. Not once, not twice, but throughout the entire segment.

R238, Bennett Cerf on WML? always pronounced Los Angeles with a hard "g".

R238. I’ve noticed that too. Ari seems to have trouble with random simple words, it’s weird.

Andrea just called in to Rachel’s show. She yelled “pussy!” and then slammed the phone down.

Is Rachel a book reviewer now?

I have a ridiculous crush on Peter Strzok

I've also noticed that Ari Melber sometimes mispronounces words that I'd expect him to know (I can't remember any of the words, of course). He may be mispronouncing words he's never seen written before. I guess it's possible for an American his age who's been through law school to never have encountered the name "Rochester" in writing.

[quote]Is Rachel a book reviewer now?

Just now? She's been running a book club with hourly lit readings since at least the Comey book.

Bearded Swalwell on Larry’s show tonight...looking hot.

I think it's cute that Ari's not perfect.

So what if he mispronounces words?

That's the least of my concerns.

Me too, R243!

Has Ari ever been linked with a female?

Most of the other anchors are pretty up front with their relationships, but I haven't heard much from Ari Melber.

I'm so curious about him.

Ari was married for a short time some 6 or 7 years ago.

To a woman.

Peter is a straight Pete.

How could Joy have Pelosi on "live" last evening and not even bring up the second stimulus package?

The second stimulus plan was a Republican sham.

It was like having a car with a blown engine and a smoking transmission and changing out the Sirius radio and rotating the tires.

It didn't deserve to be brought up.

The Grumbach kid has a nice smile, but the eyebrows need a little refinement (JUST a little...overly manicured brows are a dick wilter), and he needs to grow out his hair a bit, so that it can be cut into a style that will flatter him.

[quote]She's been running a book club with hourly lit readings since at least the Comey book.

Rachel is like our nanny, reading to us before we go to bed - except she's reading horror stories.

I bought Strzok's book while Rach was interviewing him. I am up to page 50 and Peter is a NATIONAL TREASURE!!!

Are ALL Petes brilliant?

Vaughn in Vegas. So cute, even with his mask on. Definitely the hottest news twink.

Morgan Chesky is looking quite fuckable this afternoon.

^^ as he does every afternoon (and morning and evening) ^^

Have we discussed this?

Some changes to the weekend lineup. And Kasie Hunt is moving to the 5 a.m. weekday slot before "Morning Joe."

I was wondering if they canned Yasmin Vessoughian, but I see she is moving to Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

[quote] I was wondering if they canned Yasmin Vessoughian, but I see she is moving to Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

They should can her.

Yasmin has the bitchiest bitchface that ever bitched.

She looks like a miserable, unhappy, and MEAN person.

I would never want to work with her.

Poor Ayman.

R260, I'm surprised that Joshua Johnson is going to get the primetime hours on Saturday and Sunday. He's not my favorite, but he is openly gay, so that's nice. I guess Kasie Hunt's Sunday political show was not bringing in enough viewers.

R263, Joshua Johnson is far from being eye candy. He's got an unattractive mouth, like a fish, and bad hair.

Unlike other MSNBC males, JJ has no sex appeal.

The other morning Yasmin Vessoughian broke out in a great big smile and I nearly fell out of my chair.

Even nun-with-a-ruler Stephanie Rhul smiles.

I like that KC got the pre-joe spot.

Johnson is boring, but I'd take him over Capehart

[quote]I guess Kasie Hunt's Sunday political show was not bringing in enough viewers.

Isn't a move to weekdays a promotion of sorts, especially what they say about the early am time slot.

R267, Kasie's morning show will air at 4-5 am. Most people are still asleep.

They need to fire that illiterate, race-baiting embarassment "Reverend" Al.

[quote] Kasie's morning show will air at 4-5 am. Most people are still asleep.

Willie Geist used to have that lead-in show to "Morning Joe."

I think it was called "Way Too Early." I remember I texted in one morning, and he read my text on-air. He also had Louis Bergdorf as a sidekick sometimes.

It was an okay show, but basically just a filler to compete with CNN's 4-5 am show.

R270, I wish Louis Bergdorf would be my sidekick.

Louis Burgdorf was fired and is now jobless with a newborn to support.

Thomas Roberts took over Way Too Early after Willie Geist left to do the Today Show.

Then he got into BIG, BIG trouble with Louis Bergdorf.

I'm assuming that this is why they were both canned from MSNBC.

Newstwink Vaughn Hillyard needs to be promoted to a more prominent role.

Jonathan Capeheart hosted an excellent panel discussion on Democratic voter suppression happening in several states.

He's doing a fantastic job on weekend mornings.

Al Sharpton is hardly illiterate. He’s often eloquent.

I agree, R276. He's "reformed" but never admitted his charlatan past, whether driven by desperation of African Amercan's systemic, racist mistreatment or a simple need to aggrandize himself. He needs to reconcile himself with his past seedy actions.

Capeheart doesn't have enough gravitas to host his own show. He's too twee, like Vaughn.

The only show Vaughn should be hosting is his own special take on Make Room For Daddy.

The hottest black guy on MSNBC is Craig Melvin.

I'm watching Kasie's show right now. It sucks and so does she.

Very few eyes watching her at 4am. That's why MSNBC put her on at that time.

Appropriate choice, IMO.

Until he speaks, R280.

Ayman's MIL seems so fab:

He is a brown-eyed, twink version of Paul Ryan

R284, Twink?

I've said it once, I'll say it again. I miss roundtable discussions....

Little Vaughn has reported on the California fires a couple of times today. He is the twinkiest twink who ever twinked. You know you could just rip his clothes off and have your way with him. I'll bet he's a nicely active little bottom.

Who did Ali Velshi piss off?

He's reporting on Hurricane Sally on location in the Gulf Coast—and doing a cut-in for my local 11pm news, not for MSNBC—with rain and wind driving in his face.

R287, My prayers worked.

Velshi's always been the "man on the street" reporter for years now and he's really good at it.

Jared Kushner is a pussy.

Andrea Mitchell had an interview scheduled with him this morning, and he CANCELLED.

Andrea was pissed!

Andrea should have called him a pussy on air

Andrea was very upset, R291.

You could tell that she was really looking forward to the interview and that she intended to be fair.

She actually mentioned that Jared had agreed to the interview in advance, yet only this morning he had a "scheduling conflict."

What a crock of shit.

Andrea wanted to ask him about the Middle East recognition deals that he brokered, but of course he pussied out.

Yesterday on Morning Joe, Richard Stengel won Best in Show by saying that if Trump thinks raking leaves will solve the wildfire problem, we have a new job for him after January 2021.

If Nicolle Wallace doesn't care how her hair looks on national TV, doesn't someone at MSNBC give a shit about it? I used to excuse it because she's having to appear from her basement or wherever and may not have access to the kind of staff needed to help her. But it's been 6 months since the pandemic mode commenced and surely she could at least have managed to get it cut by now! Does she glance in the mirror each day and think she looks just fine? Does that schlubby boyfriend with the collarless black jacket tell her every morning that she's such a natural beauty there's no need to gild the lily by doing something with that drab lank mop? Even just pulling it back in a ponytail with a rubberband would be an improvement.

I don't know when the hell Ali Velshi sleeps. The man is constantly on the air.

R294 - A quick perusal of your posting history reveals the worthless cunt troll you seek to be and the agents you likely work for.

Go breathe some fresh air outside your St. Petersburg troll factory where the guy before you masturbated his pustulent penis onto his keyboard before passing it on to you.

[quote]You could tell that she was really looking forward to the interview and that she intended to be fair.

Then I'm glad he backed out. Fuck her. "Fair" means not holding him accountable for being a corrupt, stupid shit.

Jared Kushner afraid of Andrea Mitchell is a meme I'd rather hang on to now!

I can never take Andrea Mitchell seriously, because all I can ever picture is her tiny little body being swallowed up by balloons at McCain's convention.

It was hilarious! And kind of cute.

R296, what makes you think that a Russian troll farm would be interested in casting aspersions on Nicolle Wallace's hair?

I watched Nicolle yesterday and didn't notice her hair. What is this about picking apart women's looks? Isn't one of the hosts bald? Who gives a shit? This is news - not acting or modeling.

[quote] What is this about picking apart women's looks?

Have you met any gay men?

Nicolle Wallace’s hair is not great. But it’s nowhere near as bad as some of the messes Joy Reid has been known to display:

[quote] Gary Grumbach is the new twink in town!

You better cast your net a little wider...

He looks like Darren Stevens at 15!

Agreed, R303. The big difference is that I don't watch Reid's show and I do watch Wallace's -- though I've been just listening to it lately so I don't have to see The Hair.

Joy Reid's look has much improved since she got the 7 pm slot.

She still lapses into a garish necklace occasionally but the change for the better is noticeable.

R306, Agreed. It's almost like she knew to shape up (pun intended). On the weekends, I really think she did it as a running gag, but needs to be serious on the weekdays.

We also pick apart men too. Folks here definitely felt Johnathan Lemire needed a haircut and I don't watch weekend mornings anymore because of JOHNATHAN CAPEHARTS JAGGED HAIRLINE!!! UGH I'M SO TRIGGERED...

Reid didn't shape up on her own. Before her move, she did occasional subbing for evening hosts or panel appearances on election nights and still wore ridiculous outfits and weaves.

I'm sure producers and execs who greenlit her 7 pm anchoring had a few choice words with her.

Don't know what the bitching and moaning was about Nicole's hair. I'm watching her show now and it looks perfectly fine.

I even like this color on her better than the blonde.

r306, I think people want to see someone non distracting delivering the nightly news, not a crazy hairstyle every other night. A uniform of sorts is best, like Rachel does.

The producers let Joy know that none of this was going to fly at 7pm.

EVERYONE has great hair compared to Trump's.

Nicolle's hair doesn't look bad to me

I love the pic @R311 if only because someone actually sat there and made a cyber-collage of her hair. Way too much time on that person's hands.

Chris Hayes looked really nice tonight in his gray suit.

Watching the Last Word and Lawrence is play the audio clips of Trump from Woodward's book.

Trump is just screaming into the phone, made me remember during the Ukraine investigation that one diplomat who claimed to overhear Trump talking on the phone to the EU ambassador sitting in a restaurant. God so much crazy shit has happened over the last four years, I can't take 4 more years of Trump.

I feel sorry for Yasmin Vossoughian.

It appears she has to smile, now.

The pain. the pain...

Lol R317.

Yasmin was the lead-in to Morning Joe this morning, and you're right!

She actually cracked a smile while talking to Kasey Hunt.

But then she ruined the light mood by saying "freakin'." Kasey kind of winced when Yasmin said that.

The woman just can't be nice.

Are Nicole Wallace & John Heilemann more than friends? They are soooo flirting these days. And yeah I know he’s married.

[quote] Are Nicole Wallace & John Heilemann more than friends? They are soooo flirting these days. And yeah I know he’s married.

If so, then she's the slut of sluts.

She just dumped her husband for another guy.

Now she's flirting with someone else?

"These are the days of our MSNBC lives..."

I swear, Lawrence O'Donnell picks the worst fucking times to take the night off. Why does HE get a 3-day weekend and not Rachel? He's useless.

I want to pull Jacob Soboroff's hair has he fucks me delirious.

Lawrence used to have every Friday off. He lives in LA.

Is Nicolle still with Schmidt? Michale Schmidt, not Steve.

Why are the production people at MSNBC so incompetent?

They were running a banner with the letters RGB, instead of RBG.

It's one thing to use letters to shorten someone's name, but at least get those letters in the RIGHT FUCKING ORDER!

Idiots.

[quote] Why are the production people at MSNBC so incompetent?

I've always had the impression that once you get past the hosts/anchors, who give the network a veneer of credibility and professionalism, MSNBC is really a poorly funded, poorly run operation that struggles to get its shit together. I'll bet that behind the scenes, it's a miserable place to work. (I may be wrong, of course, but that's my sense.)

I think David Corn is sexy as fuck. Would love to know if he has a nice body under those clothes.

I want Shaquille Brewster inside me QUITE deeply

The Hill: Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews on Monday praised President Trump's “true presidential behavior” regarding the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, prompting backlash primarily from the left on social media, including from former colleague Keith Olbermann.

“Trump is right to show respect for RBG. True presidential behavior. Far too rare,” Matthews tweeted to his more than 950,000 followers.

The post from the former speechwriter to President Jimmy Carter came after Trump said on "Fox & Friends" that he plans to announce his nominee to replace Ginsburg, who died Friday due to complications from pancreatic cancer, on Friday or Saturday.

The president added that he wanted to “pay respect” to Ginsburg by waiting until after her funeral services to announce his nominee.

[quote] I want Shaquille Brewster inside me QUITE deeply

Do you think that he hates it when the news anchors call him Shaq?

I'll bet he does.

Why is Chris Hayes the only MSNBC personality who gets to have his podcast promoted on the network?

I see commercials airing for only his podcast, but not for the other anchors.

Rachel got a lot of promotion for her limited podcast series.

Maybe MSNBC has a financial stake in Chris Hayes' podcast.

Joy and her guests spoke about the Breonna Taylor prosecutor’s decision without ever mentioning that her boyfriend shot at the police first. They never mentioned that he was armed or firing at the police at all. I’m not endorsing the AG’s decision, but how can you discuss it without mentioning that the police were being shot at when they fired?

The BF claims the police never announced themselves and as far as he was concerned, they were armed intruders bursting into his home & simply he was defending himself.

Additionally, R334 (and R335), by now it's essentially common knowledge, as it has been regularly reported, that Kenneth Walker, Breonna's boyfriend, woke up to what sounded like a break-in, then grabbed and fired his legally registered gun once at those cops, who were indeed armed intruders.

They were going into details about the shooting. There’s no reason to leave out that Walker fired first. Other MSNBC anchors mentioned it.

Joy has an agenda. That being said, I still think the boyfriend acted appropriately. His house was being invaded in the middle of the night by armed, unidentified intruders. Don’t Republicans generally approve of people having the right to bear arms to protect yourself against intruders and “stand your ground”?

R338 that's why their silence is DEAFENING. They would rather commit to the racism first than admit a black man satisfied the Castle doctrine against white police officers!

"dOn'T tReAd On Me!" 🐍🐍

OP is from a dress-up photo booth at a bar mitzvah, yes?

I knew Mika wasn't on MJ this morning even though my eyes were closed (still in bed) and only could hear Scarborough.

[quote] Don’t Republicans generally approve of people having the right to bear arms to protect yourself against intruders and “stand your ground”?

Yes, but they also approve of police shooting Black people.

Joe and Mika were calling Donald Trump the "biggest loser" this morning.

Rofl!

What happened to that other studio lighting they gave Chris Hayes?? He's back to his frumpy, eye baggy look, dark look.

He was looking great under that other lighting.

They were almost live for 24 hours straight but the channel took a break from the 4am to 5am eastern hour.

I thought that Mika and Joe would have big smiles on their faces, but Mika looked pissed!

I think she's just angry that after ranting about his recklessness for so many months, the idiot just proved her right. And she's not happy about it.

Mika seemed especially concerned that Biden could be positive from all of the yelling that Trump did on debate night.

That's a legitimate point, R347.

Dr. Irwin Redlener gets Zoombombed by his grandson on Nicolle's show:

Adorbs!

Turn in your gay card, R350! You're allowed to think the little kid misbehaving on national TV is cute (if you must), but no one on DL is allowed to sully this site with that non-word you've posted (with or without an exclamation point). And don't try to defend yourself by blaming auto-correct or insisting that you were being sarcastic.

He was probably drinking or smoking a joint before he jumped into the lake, which would have impaired his ability to save himself.

^^Oops, wrong thread.

Swalwell looking scrumptious on Joy Reid without his traditional suit and shave. Dining room looks nice, shirt open, good beard ....yum....

r351, on DL, crotch dropping can be amusing. Our version of kitten videos.

Oh, and calamitous cunt, many of US are grandparents.

MSNBC"s Alex Witt says Trump's latest tweet was "heartfelt" and struck a "gentler tone."

Just watch. When Trump is released from Walter Reed, the news media will be fawning over him. The media narrative will be that we're seeing a "new Trump" and a "changed man" and that COVID has made Trump a "kinder, gentler" person.

Shhhh... I'm whispering this.

I'm whispering because I don't want to wake-up the DLer who becomes outraged with righteous indignation if the topic of Nicole Wallace's hair is brought up and then, after getting bawled out by that DLer, I slink away shamefacedly.

I can't stop myself. I have to ask- Alex Witt has a gorgeous, lux, head of hair. Do you think it could be enhanced by extensions or supplements?

R357: Wallace's hair looks too thin and lank, whereas Witt's hair looks too thick and heavy. I do prefer Witt's color to Wallace's tired hue (roan-racehorse-needs-brushing?).

By the way: Wallace's first name is Nicolle with 2 Ls. Yes, that's a misspelling -- blame her parents (though she's old enough to have changed it by now).

^that’s racist! If Nicolle were Black you would never say her parents misspelled her name! Apologize r358.

No R359, the racism is saying Joy Reid has a "Snakes pit" or "Pigeons Nest" on her head and at the same time being like "I wish Nicolle fixed her hair today." I've yet to see this terrible hair on Nicolle, but if I did, I imagine I'd describe it like "Strings of dry tweed waiting to be lit aflame." Or "Expired oatmeal dropped on the kitchen counter.

And my favorite cardiologist is on AM JOY w/ Maria-Theresa Kumar! BERNARD ASHBY! 😍😍😍

Fancy having a favorite cardiologist, R361. I hope you're speaking academically and not from sad experience with cardiologists.

Good Lord. What is that puke green flowered mess that Yasmin Vossughian is wearing??

R361: he is cute. And the attorney general of Minnesota is a sexy daddy bear.

[Quote]Fancy having a favorite cardiologist, [R361]. I hope you're speaking academically and not from sad experience with cardiologists.

Wow, imagine being on Datalounge, one of the most insouciant and irreverent sites around, to turn around and see someone taking an aside joke taken as an assaultive experience.

You really need to go somewhere your own health professionals' lurk and scrum.

What seems to be R365's problem? And how frustrated must his ESL teacher be?

From tonight's Brian Williams Collection of Bon Mots:

And now we part with these two gentlemen of sterling reputations and well-appointed kitchens...

Wow, Mika is totally ranting this morning.

She's pissed!

Talking over Joe, raising her voice, etc.

Morning Joe is doing these little Covid stories about the lives of people who died from the virus, before each commercial break.

It's very poignant.

Nicolle Wallace keeps saying that "we certainly hope he recovers" or "we all hope he gets well", etc. Whether she really means it or is just contractually obligated to say it, she must realize that the sentiment is not shared by a lot of her viewers (or even 100% of her co-workers on the show). If that's how she truly feels, I wish she'd rephrase to speak only for herself and say "I" instead of "we" -- otherwise, I wish she'd just shut up!

R368, Mika got all teary this morning when that author of the new Jimmy Carter biography spoke of her father, Ziggy.

So far, I've counted 5-6 reporters with brick walls in their DC apartments. What the hell is going on with all the brick walls in DC?

Brick walls are very common in townhouses in DC. Some townhouses have been converted to condos too and retain the brick. I prefer a painted brick wall in off white.

Trump back in the WH isn't breaking news at 6 pm tonight, MSNBC.

Olivia just said “shit show” on Chris Hayes’ show. She so planned to do that. I love her anyway.

[quote] Olivia just said “shit show” on Chris Hayes’ show.

Dana Bash said it right after last week's debate on CNN. They can do that on cable (but not on broadcast TV).

Chris Cuomo was cussing last night on his show during an interview with Dr. Fauci.

We're living in such strange times right now that everybody is cussing to let off steam. How can you not?

Another pearl from the Brian Williams Collection of Bons Mots:

"The sound you hear is Democrats furiously knocking on wood and electing to live in a lumberyard until the election."

[quote]We're living in such strange times right now that everybody is cussing to let off steam. How can you not?

I believe Olivia Nuzzi said "shitshow" tonight in her interview with Chris Hayes.

Oh, sorry -- didn't see this had been already mentioned in above comments.

[quote]So far, I've counted 5-6 reporters with brick walls in their DC apartments. What the hell is going on with all the brick walls in DC?

As of the last couple of days, Jonathan Lemire is no longer in front of a brick wall. He is now in front of a wall with hanging pictures and a nice lamp to his left.

Lemire has a weird collection of shadow paintings on the wall behind him. One of the paintings is of a couple ballroom dancing.

I like Robert Costa's background. He appears to have a very nice apartment.

Peter Baker of the NYT has broadcast from every room in his house over the past 6 months. I've seen his kitchen, den, living room and guest bedroom. I almost feel like I live with him at this point. I think I could draw a floorpan if pressed.

I appreciate how Phillip Rucker goes to the trouble of having a new floral arrangement on the dining room table every day.

The sunflowers were a nice seasonal touch during the summer months.

Mika was on another tear about the president today, yelling, "You can't tell when the hell he tested positive!" and basically blamed the WH for the city of Washington's overall increasing infection rate.

BTW, for the past couple of days on Morning Joe I've noticed Jonathan Lemire seems to have moved away from that brick wall that's been behind him for the past several months. (The attached pic is for R382.)

Oh and I have to mention this: on NBC's Evening News on Sunday night, the anchor (Kate Snow) meant to say "the world's most important patient" when talking about Trump at Walter Reed, but it instead came out as, "The world's most impatient - most [bold]important[/bold] patient . . ."

I don't watch Brian Williams, so I didn't know the reason for this:

Why was his nose red & crooked last night?

I really hate Joy Reid.

Now it's all Kampala, 24/7.

She's so predictable.

I really hate Joy Reid.

Now it's all Kampala, 24/7.

She's so predictable.

[quote] I really hate Joy Reid.

Me too Zerlina Maxwell would have been a much better choice as host. Instead they just give Zerlina some podcast thing on the Peacock.

I beg to differ as Tiffany Cross would have been better than Zerlina, and I like Zerlina.

Based on their mutual acquaintance with Nicolle Wallace, are Mike Schmidt and Steve Schmidt related? Did I miss an earlier DL discussion?

I know this thread is an oldie but --

Why his head so round?

Where his upper lip go?

WTF is up with that hairline?! No, child.

DL's taste remains perpetually questionable, sometimes underaged.

Ari Velshi must sleep, shower and keep a change of clothes at MSNBC. He hosted Brian Williams show last night and now here he is.

Do those studios have little studio apartments for use of the on-air personalities? Of course in the pandemic, if they do they're probably not available but just wondering.

I love Brittany Cooper she's the chubby black girl they have on from time to time. She was on Chris Hayes yesterday. Zerlina can't host ...she is terrible.

Has anyone seen Vaughn Hillyard on recently? It's been weeks since I've seen him.

[quote] Has anyone seen Vaughn Hillyard on recently? It's been weeks since I've seen him.

I saw him a few days ago. I think he was interviewing voters in Arizona or somewhere else.

Vaughn was on earlier this week, he’s been covering the election in AZ.

[quote] Has anyone seen Vaughn Hillyard on recently? It's been weeks since I've seen him.

He was let go due to budget cuts.

So sad to see him go. *snicker*

R399, Vaughn is Cindy McCain's new side piece.

Vaughn has been on quite a bit during the day, lately. He's just wearing his mask and bouncing up and down like normal.

Vaughn was terminated due to misconduct.

He will no longer be appearing on MSNBC.

Sorry!

It isn't like Steve and Vaughn are even in competition with each other. And they are both very cute in their own, individual, ways.

Vaughan was looking so sexy reporting from battleground Arizona. He had his sunglasses hanging from his shirt.

Have they fired Morgan Chesty?

R406, he was on with Lester Holt on NBC last night reporting on the hurricane.

[quote]Vaughn has been on quite a bit during the day, lately. He's just wearing his mask and bouncing up and down like normal.

Joshua Jackson should try to tap that ass.

R407 - I notice that any time Chesky reports from a hurricane site, his voice gets deeper.

Chris Hayes should wear tighter shirts to show off his big muscles.

Vaughn has a tight little coin slot with zero hair and zero calories

Katty Kay is on a Morning Joe panel, and her living room is hideous!

Hideous color, hideous furniture, hideous everything.

A green chair, ugly flower painting, another chair that looks like it's covered in material that resembles a flowered comforter, and what looks to be dresser drawers built into a wall, next to a fireplace.

HIDEOUS!!!

Is this a British thing, or does she just have really, really bad taste?

Jonathan Lemire has a stack of books on his right, in front of his brick wall.

I could only see two of the titles: 1) "The Power Broker" and 2) "American Carnage."

Here's a screenshot of Katty Kay's hideous living room.

Why does this thread start with a picture of a boy at his bar mitzvah?

R413 My dad watches the news constantly. As soon as the reporting-from-home thing started, he began to rant to me about the book shelves that everyone placed behind their cameras. He said he can buy someone like John Meacham’s home office has a library behind the desk, but everyone else is a pretentious asshole trying to curate some kind of intellectual statement by carefully arranging certain books behind them. I thought his annoyance was funny but there’s definitely truth to it. I’m sure most of these people rearranged their furniture so that they could have a wall of ‘smart book’ behind them.

Funny you just mentioned that R416, because I was staring at all the books behind David Ignatius who is another guest on Morning Joe.

And yeah, I totally believe that he reads all of these books. The guy is smart.

I took a screen shot for you.

R417 I don’t think my dad doubts that the people on camera read the books they own. It’s more the pretense of always happening to have one’s camera aimed at one’s walls of books. Someone above criticized Katty Kay’s living room style, but I give her credit for not rearranging her house so that she can make herself look like an intellectual courtesy of a home library.

I really like Robert Costa's living room.

It's very tastefully decorated.

On the other hand, I have no idea what's going on with Jonathan Lemire and his brick wall.

R420 I am fine with the brick wall but that door handle belongs in an office building, not a home.

Drivin down the road lookin at the handle on the door.

John Heilemann and his animal figurines make me giggle.

Neal Katyal has a weird shaped mouth. Why doesn't anyone comment on this? It's very feminine and a turn off.

I don't know Guy Cecil, but I love his sitting room.

Why don't we ever get to see Steve Kornacki's house?

I'm guessing it's all cumrags and underwear with skid marks.

In his mother's basement.

I wonder of news readers and professional opiners are able to write off interior decoration as a business expense these days

*if

Damnit. Why do my DL posts have 50x the typos of my writing via any other medium?

A woman did NOT place that hideous "Washington Post" throw pillow on the couch behind Robert Costa. Nope.

r7, that's fucked up. Ears are used for biometric ID. They're as distinct as fingerprints. That's going to create a nightmare in regards to identity theft and evasion.

On Morning Joe they've joked that Donny Deutch looks like he's reporting from his dentist's office.

R423 - I don't remember ever seeing Heilemann in that room.

Normally he's in his kitchen.

It looks like Heilemann's dining room, R432.

That table looks like either a dining room table or a board room table.

Could be either, because he seems the type to have a meeting space in his home.

[quote] It looks like Heilemann's dining room

Maybe he was calling in from work?

That space behind him doesn't look like it would be in anyone's home. It looks like work place decor.

You can see it's his kitchen @ my R432 post because there's a stove behind him as well as a refrigerator/freezer on the right, not to mention the kitchen utensils, what may be sugar/flour canisters, and all of that fruit (such as the whole pineapple, plus the tomatoes)

Also re where he's sitting: A lot of people - my brother is an example - have a dinette table in their kitchen, but then have a regular & separate dining room.

I would ravage Robert Costa in his perfectly vanilla living room

R436, get in line.

I've heard he's married and I've heard he's single. No one seems to know the real deal on Mr. Costa.

r415: that's DL posters idea of someone really really hot.......

Robert Costa was a Notre Dame trustee. If he’s gay, he’s closeted, or he’s super repressed like Bill Hemmer

Rachel just suggested people to volunteer at a phone bank.

Who the fucks answers their phone anymore?

^^old people (ie, reliable voters)

Ok, I'll show how stupid I am. What's a Notre Dame "trustee"?

Steve Kornacki is behaving erratically.

I wonder if it's connected to his recent weight gain.

Did that happen because of medication, or just the natural metabolism slowing that occurs in your 50s?

He's 52, so it's natural that he would start to fall apart.

Steve is only 41. Leave him alone; he's super cute in an aspie sort of way.

Who has the bigger moobs now, Steve Kornacki or Chris Hayes?

My money's on Chris, who looks like he could serve as a wet nurse to a set of hungry triplets.

Does anyone miss Chris Matthews?

R442 A college or university trustee is a member of the board that governs a higher education institution. The board is made up of community representatives and collectively is legally responsible for ensuring that the institution operates according to its mission, that it is financially sound, etc. Public college and university board trustees are locally elected like school board members are or appointed (usually) by the state governor and usually are community leaders, such as businesspeople—lawyers, doctors, small business owners or business execs. Private university board members are selected by other members of the board or college alums. Public boards typically focus on financial oversight and students’ outcomes, whereas private board such as that of Notre Dame do a lot more fundraising, so they tend to be highly connected (and therefore in my opinion more likely to have conflicts of interest and to be corrupt) operators. At Notre Dame, I’d expect board members to be mostly conservative Catholics or if not then to really rake in money or broker major relationships for the university.

Boards don’t do any of the work of a university/college. They receive reports and approve or reject what they are given by a collective vote. Their biggest job besides ensuring fiscal solvency is to hire, evaluate and fire the college president. The board is the boss of the president, setting broad goals that the president is responsible for carrying out, and those goals can range from fundraising targets to increasing graduation rates to (this should never happen but it does) awarding major contracts to their companies or their friends’ businesses.

Thank you, R448. I'm surprised Costa's a trustee - and even more surprised that he might be a conservative Catholic. Interesting.

I admire the way Costa lost weight and has kept it off. He must be quite disciplined.

R449 I’m not surprised. High-profile alums usually are asked to serve on a board for prestige, because it pays dividends in recognition and esteem by association whether or not they are very engaged. You can look at any college or university board list and most names won’t be known to you even though most of the people are wealthy or connected to wealth. But once you see a famous name, you’ll stop, think “Oh!” and you’ll associate the institution with someone familiar and probably somewhat esteemed. It’s very good PR. And of course for the person, it’s a major feather in their cap to be assigned to a notable higher ed institution governing board. It’s prestigious and also very rewarding for an ego that likes power but can claim public service.

The Notre Dame board of trustees is ridiculously huge. They must be a rubber stamp type board; there’s no way this many people can actually do the work of a governing board productively if many of them are actively engaged. They’ve got to be there mainly to rake in cash. The chair is the former chairman of Vanguard—$$$$$$.

John J. Brennan, Chair Rev. José E. Ahumada F., C.S.C. Carlos J. Betancourt Stephen J. Brogan Kevin J. Buckley Thomas J. Crotty Jr. Karen McCartan DeSantis Dorene C. Dominguez Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C. James J. Dunne III James F. Flaherty III Celeste Volz Ford Stephanie A. Gallo Rev. Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C. Carol Hank Hoffmann Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. Rev. Paul V. Kollman, C.S.C. Diana Lewis Rev. William M. Lies, C.S.C. Justin R. Liu Thomas G. Maheras Andrew J. McKenna Jr. Danielle W. Merfeld Fergal Naughton Michael G. O'Grady Cindy K. Parseghian James C. Parsons J. Christopher Reyes Kenneth C. Ricci Clare Stack Richer James E. Rohr Shayla Keough Rumely Rev. John J. Ryan, C.S.C. Jennifer F. Scanlon Byron O. Spruell Phyllis W. Stone Timothy F. Sutherland Anne E. Thompson Sara Martinez Tucker John B. Veihmeyer Ann C. Williams

Apologies if anyone's said this before, but it's clear Robert Costa is quarantining in his parents' home. right? Although, who knows?

Is a 30-something, heterosexual male cheesey enough to include his employer's throw pillow in a shot?

[quote]Who has the bigger moobs now, Steve Kornacki or Chris Hayes?

I dunno, but they both clearly have a need to start booking annual mammograms.

R453, They're both eating too many carbs.

These Kornacki, Robert Costa, and Vaughn cracks on DL are tired and stale. MSNBC needs some new men to keep us entertained.

R455: there's plenty of men on MSNBC but you all are just obsessed with 2 or 3.

[quote]Steve is only 41. Leave him alone; he's super cute in an aspie sort of way.

Steve Kornacki and Ari Melber are both lying about their ages by at least 5-8 years.

[quote]They must be a rubber stamp type board; there’s no way this many people can actually do the work of a governing board productively if many of them are actively engaged. They’ve got to be there mainly to rake in cash

It's a matter of prestige for the members and they may profit from the association. But the university / college's goal is definitely to rake in cash FROM them. Board members or Trustees are chosen for their name and/or their money. The expectation is they will be either principal donors (seven figures) themselves or facilitate fundraising through their connections or name and reputation.

R457, you're nuts. No one can lie about their age any more more than a year or so. There are far too many records online to track down someone's real age based on when they graduated from high school, etc. Who are you...Charo?

R457, you're nuts. No one can lie about their age any more more than a year or so. There are far too many records online to track down someone's real age based on when they graduated from high school, etc. Who are you...Charo?

Those moobs on Hayes are pecs of steel!

So, I was sitting in my car Saturday morning charging my phone. I'd been discharged from hospital around noon on Friday, then a few hours later hurricane winds knocked out the power and buffeted the house until after 3am.

Around 7:30am I turned on the car radio, and my fave Malcolm Nance was on with Ali Velshi, and he was on FIRE about the Proud Boys, the boogaloo movement, and the Gov. Whitmer kidnap/murder plot.

At segment's end he called those white supremacists domestic terrorists, branding them [bold]"Vanilla Isis."[/bold] I lost it. Ali was trying not to lose it.

Malcolm, you made my shitty week/weekend.

Brian Williams just now referring to Trump in Pennsylvania klan rally tonight: Or, as a British screenwriter might say, "Just a boy, standing in front of suburban women, asking them to love him."

Lololololololol

Brian Williams after discussing Obama hitting the campaign trail:

"About former Presidents, #43 looks like he's in the witness protection program."

Brian is on a roll:

"Rudy Giuliani, noted epidemiologist, states, 'No one dies from the virus any more.'

Hey guys,

NBC, MSNBC’s parent company, generously awarded coward Donald Trump a weekly primetime solo show up until election day to help him cheat his way to a higher approval rating after *cough cough* getting sick, recovering in record time, refusing to debate, and being handsomely rewarded by his old friends at NBC networks.

Enjoy your MSNBC fanaticism. I will not be watching NBC networks again. They are complicit in killing the United States of America.

When will SNL recognize the "cubic zirconia-in-the-rough" known as Joy Reid and immortalize her in their stable of characters?

How's Shep Smith doing over at CNBC?

[quote] Brian is on a roll:

Brian is pissed at Trump because he got called out by him.

I forget what the drama was all about, but Trump referred to BW as a hack or something.

R468, his ratings aren't good.

I've watched his new show a few times and Smith seems very curt towards the reporters.

Don't remember him being that much of a dick on Fox News.

Interesting R468, I was wondering the same thing. Low ratings R470? What's your take on the show? I keep meaning to watch him and the new Drew Barrymore....sheesh you forget there is SORT OF new TV on...

Why did NBC hire Shepard Smith? Didn’t they learn their lesson with Megyn Smelly??

Robert Costa raised his left hand into camera range tonight while talking to Brian Williams and it did not look like he was wearing a wedding ring. Now lots of married men don't wear rings, so it doesn't definitively answer the question, but just thought it was worth noting.

As far as I know, Robert Costa is not married.

For what it's worth, I don't think he's gay either.

[quote] Robert Costa raised his left hand into camera range tonight while talking to Brian Williams and it did not look like he was wearing a wedding ring

Did all the excess blubber from his weight loss surgery, distract you?

As the Post first reported, Rachel Maddow has put her West Village apartment on the market for $2,349,000. The MSNBC political commentator and her partner Susan Mikula bought the two-bedroom co-op for $1,250,000 in 2010 from REM frontman Michael Stipe.

They did a lot of work on it.

Is Rachel leaving New York?

Did she quit MSNBC?

MSNBC is carrying the Trump shit show aka townhall.

I am going to administer an enema to Vaughn and see what happens

R480, You go, gurl.

I didn't think about this although it would make sense....is Nicolle apart of the Lincoln Project?? I know she makes no secret of being/having worked with Republicans, but is she down with the Lincoln Project???

Seems a bit too conflict of interest for me although I generally support it.

No but she is best buds with a Steve Schmidt who is a founder of the Lincoln Project

Thanks R483, so she just knows everybody and goes to their parties.

Listen, I'd bed Steve Kornacki in those khakis...he clearly has a fresh pair on today and is taking care of his hair. Gay, AWG, you would too...

[quote] ... is [Nicolle Wallace] down with the Lincoln Project??? Seems a bit too conflict of interest for me although I generally support it.

Well, R482, she's fucking "NY Times" reporter Michael Schmidt, who frequently appears as a guest on her show. I'm not aware that either of them has revealed this to the public, though they've apparently told MSNBC about it and been cleared to continue the professional relationship without disclosing the personal one to the audience. So a little thing like being long-time pals with a founder of the Lincoln Project (who frequently appears as a guest on her show, just like Mikey) hardly seems to matter. I don't care one way or the other, but do find journalistic "ethics" to be confusing on occasion.

Michael Schmidt is a Republican? Is that verified?

Nicolle Wallace was a Republican; she is no longer. She left the party over....wait for it.....TRUMP.

Oh wait, do you mean Steve Schmidt, who is her friend and also a former Repubican? Did you get him confused with Michael Schmidt, the reporter and the guy she may or may not still be dating?

R485, last I heard, they split up. Did they get back together?

I haven't heard that they broke up, R488 -- if they did, I haven't heard whether they got back together.

R487, Michael Schmidt and Steve Schmidt are 2 different people (and not related as far as I know). I don't know what political party (if any) Michael belongs to. Steve was a Republican but may have left the party by now and is a founder of the Lincoln Project.

Nicolle can do better than Michael Schmidt

Joe and Mika, Nicolle and dude of the day...for a supposedly Democratic news network, MSNBC sure does harbor a lot of horny Republicans who get around with their colleagues. Between that and NBC counterprogramming for Trump to compete against Biden, protecting Lauer, protecting Weinstein, the lascivious stuff at NBC networks seems to outdo even Fox News’s antics with Roger Ailes.

Are NBC News Christmas parties just big Baby Boomer orgies?

[quote] Nicolle can do better than Michael Schmidt

Not until she does something with her horrible hair!

We talk about "identity politics" and "diversity" but I must say, I love the progress we have made where I am watching a black woman, a lesbian, and a blonde LEADING engaging conversation in politics.

Just only 20-30 years ago it would have just been a panel of all white men....

Joy Reid has stuck with this weave since she got the 7 pm show. Her producers deserve a raise just for that.

Did you catch when Joy said the right has been attacking Hillary for 40 years?

Every MSNBC host got the memo that no discussion of the Thursday debate will be complete without praising Kristen Welker to the heavens

For you Steve Kornacki fans he has an election special show on Sunday Oct 25 at 10pm EDT.

R496, that's "our (very) own Kristen Welker", aka "my (good) friend and colleague Kristen Welker". I always wonder if their pay gets docked any time they say the name without the preamble.

r497, and erection special...now you're talking.

[quote] that's "our (very) own Kristen Welker", aka "my (good) friend and colleague Kristen Welker".

Would you rather they said: "that dumb cunt Kristen Welker"?

What's not to love about Kristin Welker? She did do a great job at the debate and she is consistently poised, professional, and, as they show on the video below, unflappable.

Ali Velshi was reporting from Ashville, North Carolina this morning, and it looked gorgeous!

Mist in the background and the trees changing colors. I would love to live there.

Vaughn alert! Looking cute. He is very slightly built. He also appears to be getting a lot of sun in Arizona.

[quote] Vaughn alert! Looking cute.

What about MEEEEE and my khakis???

When was the last Morgan Chesky sighting?

Morgan Chesky is the most dull, average-looking white guy around.

Isn’t being an average-looking white guy the whole point?

[quote]He also appears to be getting a lot of sun in Arizona.

Would love to know if he's also getting a lot of cock.

[quote]Morgan Chesky is the most dull, average-looking white guy around.

So what?

Steve K. is practically humping his big board.

Here's a separate thread for MSNBC election coverage.

They started early.

I can’t stand those Rachel Maddie commercials where she tries to sound uber-intellectual while saying something of no importance. “Watch what they do, not what they say.” Gee thanks Captain Obvious.

I love when Rachel goes all anti-Russian Intel.

She wears it well.

I'm sad to say that I didn't watch MSNBC's election night coverage.

I can't stand Joy Reid and her self-righteousness, so I watched CNN instead.

It wasn't completely terrible. But they are kind of boring.

I miss the days of Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann.

Now it's a politically correct SJW and FrauFest on MSNBC, doing the election night coverage.

[quote]I can't stand Joy Reid and her self-righteousness, so I watched CNN instead.

Joy Reid didn’t have much to say because her usual spiel about “record Black turnout will decide the election” turned out not to be true. It’s white people in the Rust Belt who will decide the election as it usually is.

[quote] It’s white people in the Rust Belt who will decide the election as it usually is.

Fascinating.

Joy's wig progressively unspooled as the night went on.

"Good Lord, I don't know what I just pressed!"

Steve K. seems overwhelmed from not having sleep in a long time.

GG looks like the drunken lovechild of John Stamos and Prince Charles (the ears).

I was shocked at how dumpy Steve looked last night. Viewers were subjected to numerous unflattering shots of his wide, shapeless ass and muffin-top. The cameramen must hate him.

Just shut the fuck up you racist asshole @r514

R521 is why Democrats can't win.

Andrea Martin looked awful.

"Andrea Martin"

Oh, dear.

[QUOTE]politically correct SJW and FrauFest on MSNBC

Please enlighten us and be the didact you really yearn to be: How are lesbian Rachel Maddow , a former Bush staffer, and Brian Williams categorized as "politically correct" in your vast, encyclopedic knowledge base?

R521 needs a hard slap in the face.

She's hysterical!!

I want to nosh on Ari's hairy anus after he gets off the set

Did Steve Kornacki have a nervous breakdown?

Someone said they had to physically detach him from the big board and shut him in a darkened room with pillows and a blanket. A nap will do him good.

Meanwhile, Vaughn Hillyard is fresh as a daisy!

R526: come. Try it......

They need to put Morgan Chesky in charge of the Big Boy Board while Steve is napping so we can get some shots of his ass in tight chinos.

Are Rachel, Brian etc doing another election special tonight or are they back to their regular hours ?

Regular shows

I wanna eat Ari Melber’s ass for an hour

Jason Johnson on MSNBC is spitting mad about how many people voted for Trump and he’s mad at Biden’s speech saying the opposition is “not the enemy.” Oh yes these people ARE the enemy, he said.

Everyone else is obsessing about Trump and how much he sucks, as usual. Biden probably winning the presidency is prettymuch being ignored. How long will it take for these idiots to get their heads out of Trump’s ass?

R535, Me next!

Looks like we're going to have nightly prime time coverage until it is decided.

[quote] I want to nosh on Ari's hairy anus after he gets off the set

Dear lord, I thought you had typed "Ali's hairy anus," as in Ali Velshi.

I was ready to faint!!!

[quote]Bearded Swalwell

Sounds like an endangered species listing.🦄

Where is Lawrence O'Donnell ? He's never on

Where is Shaquille Brewster? I think he is the hotness

Rachell Maddow just introduced Steve Kornacki by saying that he has several pair of khaki pants and isn't just wearing the same pair over and over again.

Did she read that on DL?

R543 - Hey, that was my wisecrack on another thread a month or two back!

(And while I'm at it, I also joked about Kamala planning on spraying Pence with Lysol at the then-upcoming VP debate, only to see SNL later use that gag in their VP debate skit.)

Wow, who did Ayman Moheldin and Katy Tur piss off at MSNBC??

Those two poor saps have the 2 a.m. shift for election coverage!

I feel sorry for them.

Stupid Joy Reid asked Steve Kornacki "When will the call be made, announcing Joe Biden the winner????" on Thursday night's election coverage.

She was acting like an ignorant, petulant child. When? When? When??? I want it now!!!!!

Rachel shut that shit down, spoke to the camera, and said "I just wanted to clarify that we have no control over when the announcement of a winner will be made. We have nothing to do with that."

Bwaahahahaha. She made Joy Reid look SO stupid!! And rightfully so.

Joy Reid’s pussy smells like unrefrigerated for a month Limburger cheese.

I still find it weird that the machine votes went to Trump and the unhackable paper ballots went to Biden.

Putin knows.

We need to move to 100% mail ballot. 100% auditable record.

2018 did not have Trump on the Ballot. Blue Wave. Hmmm.

Not one dime of election security money spent by Red States. Hmmm.

This explains the 3% shift in WI and MI on machines. Were they updated since 2016?

There WAS a Blue Wave that was stolen by Putin AGAIN!

Joy asked several questions last night that Rachel politely but firmly shut down. Joy is not listening to what others are reporting. Hey Joy—get off your phones and pay attention. You’re a host, not a reporter.

Damn, ya boy Vaugnh Hillyard just pronounced "albeit" as "ALL-Byte".

Yikes. He must be spending too much time around Ari "ROCK-Chester" Melber.

[quote] Damn, ya boy Vaugnh Hillyard just pronounced "albeit" as "ALL-Byte".

He's from Ohio.

Cute, corn fed Midwesterner, but they're dumb as all fuck.

As long as he shuts his mouth, stands there, and looks pretty... he'll be fine.

What in the hell is wrong with Andrea Mitchell? She can just barely get her sentences out.

I used to love her - the tone of her voice is delicious. BUT, it's time to go, good lord.

And has anybody seen Lawrence O'Donnell in the last several days? I haven't watched around the clock so maybe I missed him.

Complete agree about Andrea Mitchell, R552. She can start a question but she just can't finish it. She dribbles out words far longer than whomever she is talking to is planning on.

Lawrence has been on during his regular time both the past two nights, just not much. He does a couple of interviews in that hour.

I can’t believe they sidelined Chris and Lawrence for Joy.

MSNBC Part 19 thread...

Vaughn has been putting in long hours... I only hope he is enjoying some that deliious Maricopa County uncut meat...

What about MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE???!!!!

Don't my filthy pair of khakis count for anything???

Sure, I don't wipe well. But there must be some right wing Log Cabin gays who want to fuck me. Right?

R554: you just need to see everbody white?

Rachel Maddow has been exposed to Covid and will be quarantining herself for awhile.

That explains why Nicolle was over an hour late for her show today. When she finally appeared, she mentioned she was delayed waiting for a test result.

Vaughn Hillyard just compared the vote count to a baseball game.

He’s straight, ladies.

Steve Kornacki talks about sports all the time, R561.

And he's gay as a goose!

Jesus Christ, even gay guys can use sports analogies and understand the rules of baseball. Believe it or not, there have even been gay baseball players.

Steve Kornacki used to annoy me but now I think he's cute and fun to watch. I tried watching "low energy" John King on CNN and fell asleep.

Stephanie Ruhle bumped the usual weekend morning grunt.

I like Ruhle. She's smart. I like her face, too; she's good-looking.

Still, I'll see how long I can last with her this morning. She doesn't wear well with me in large doses.

Stephanie Ruhle bumped the usual weekend morning grunt.

I like Ruhle. She's smart. I like her face, too; she's good-looking.

Still, I'll see how long I can last with her this morning. She doesn't wear well with me in large doses.

Saturday morning MJ bumped Stephanie.

Morgan Chesky is reporting "live" this morning from Arizona, black polo shirt and matching black mask.

Isn't it warm in Arizona?

Chesky should be showing off his legs.

R560, I saw that too. NBC seems to have established testing for the staff. I was trying to determine what the hospital like bands on Kornacki's wrists are and figured it had something to do with that.

This week long coverage was really not necessary. If y'all know they ain't counting votes seriously, let the staff go home and keep one producer & anchor to cut in for Breaking News.

And where was our "I hate Willie Heist" train?? When y'all posted that video of him trashing Rosie O'donnell, like his name was Trump Jr, I lost all respect for him.

Part 19 thread ...

We’re not dead yet.

I'm so happy that Lawrence O'Donnell is doing election coverage!

Even better.... NO JOY REID!!! Sorry, Covid Karen!

Back on DL after several months away so forgive me if this has already been discussed but have you all noticed the coolness between Chris Hayes and Rachel in the last months? They barely speak as he cues her show. I think he's furious that he wasn't chosen to be a part of the debate and election night triumvirate of Rachel, Joy and Nicolle. I'm assuming Rachel chose the two ladies for the panel. And because he has the 8 pm slot he was completely off the air for many nights during the most important time of the year.

And lately Joy and Lawrence are chatting up a storm together whereas once there was so much coolness and awkwardness. Lawrence is really fawning over her every chance he gets.

Anyone else notice this stuff?

Yes, I noticed it R574 . Also, when Rachel appeared during Joy's segment tonight, first Joy mentioned needing an excuse to have Nicole, Rachel, and Joy back together because the three of them bonded during the election coverage. Rachel sincerely agreed; her tone struck me. Wrapping up, Joy said she considered Rachel family and talked about Rachel coming to her family barbecues. Then she called Rachel "sister" and told her she loves her. Rachel reciprocated. Even my aunt exclaimed, "I thought they didn't get along?!" Something about that group dynamic has changed.

I used to like Chris Hayes and found him very attractive. But yes, something about him has changed and I notice his smarmy intellectual superior attitude has ramped up. During a Kornacki segment, Hayes would ask him questions and begin interrupting even as Steve was trying to answer as if Hayes already knew the answer. It was really annoying and made Hayes out to be an arrogant asshole. Maybe Rachel also sees this and is trying to distance herself from Hayes. Rachel doesn't suffer fools easily. But yeah, something has definitely changed among that group.

Joy was acting like a child earlier.

She had on Michael Steele, David Plouffe, and another guest, and she was openly gloating and mocking Trump during her segment.

Though I have no problem mocking Trump as a private citizen, I think it's tacky and immature for a news station anchor to behave like that.

I was actually embarassed for her.

All these awful horrifying inhumane things you all claim Joy Reid is doing I never see so are we supposed to automatically believe the DL Joy Reid observation team?

I love Joy. I like Chris, too, but do think his hand-offs with Rachel have become less chatty. And if it does have anything to do with him getting bumped from election night coverage, I don't get why he should get mad at her. Wouldn't MSNBC producers make those kinds of decisions?

I have to admit I didn't like Joy at first. But after hearing her gushing about the Biden/Harrison win and how excited she is with Lawrence O'Donnell on the phone Saturday afternoon then her exchange with Rachel I described at R575 , I'm warming up to her.

He looks like an intern who borrowed his dads suit for his interview.

I kinda missed Chris Matthews's this election, especially considering his strong PA ties and his friendship with Biden.

I forgot about Chris' relationship with Biden, R581.

I'll bet he would have had a ton of good stories to tell.

Sucks that they dumped him right before the election.

R581, Maybe Biden will name him White House Press Secretary.

No one has ever missed Chris Matthews. Not even his mother.

Why doesn't this network have enough anchors to cover all of the shifts?

Watching Katy trying to speak at 3 am and slur her words is fucking ridiculous!

R575 Perhaps Chris Hayes is taking cues from Chuck Todd on how to ask questions that allow you to use ALL the latest words you've memorized from Miriam-Webster.

[quote] Watching Katy trying to speak at 3 am and slur her words is fucking ridiculous!

She's so unprofessional.

Katy was also leaning over in her anchor chair, like she was at home on her couch. She was practically lying down!

Meanwhile, professional Ayman Moheldiyn was sitting up straight and behaving like a REAL news anchor.

[quote]R581, Maybe Biden will name him White House Press Secretary.

But Matthews is so impatient, he'll start talking a few words into each of the reporters' questions.

Then he'll ask them questions, and then answer those questions for them.

Jacob Soboroff is hot. That's all.

Jacob Soboroff is hot. That's all.

Ali V just called Steve Kornacki “my good friend” and “brother” which is nice

Mika and Joe are bickering to an uncomfortable level.

posting for prosperity

Ken Dilanian saying Oh Shit, Fuck

That would be "posterity" not "prosperity." Unless you are getting paid to post it and then I guess it could be for prosperity, but it would have to be a lot of money.

Rofl at R593!

I love Ken Dilanian.

Are we sure he's not a closet case? He is married to an asian after all, and he has always pinged to me.

I'd love to think of him getting fucked in the gym steam room.

My hero!

Thank you, Ken, for publicly expressing what we viewers have been shouting at our screens ten times a day for the past five years!

Though MSNBC producers no doubt chose the triumverate of Rachel, Nicolle and Joy for debate and election night coverage, you can be sure they listened to Rachel's demands on with whom she'd share the desk.

And clearly Chris Hayes was left out. Rachel still addresses him "my friend" but Chris isn't having any of it.

R595, He pings my gaydar like crazy. I think he's closeted. I also find him adorable and cuddly.

[quote] And clearly Chris Hayes was left out. Rachel still addresses him "my friend" but Chris isn't having any of it.

Back stabbing lesbo bitch!

I’m not buying the Chris v Rachel thing.