MSNBC—Part 66

As always fill up part 65 first.

Prior thread

And we have moved on.

Loving Katie Phang in for Ari.

Bump

This POTUS airs his dirty laundry; the world takes a clothespin to its collective nose.

Elect a clown 🤡 expect a circus. The MAGATS are cheering the White trash behavior in the White House.

I think Ed Luce with the Financial Times is so freaking adorable.

I dig his slightly foppish Brideshead accent.

I’m surprised you fags aren’t out licking anus or putting lightbulbs up your butt.

I know you did this. You sneaky poo poo pushers are always up to no good. My show was the toast of MSNBC and one of you sissy-boys helped ask my show!

I bet your breath smells like feces.

Disgusting!

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At what point does MAGA realize that they have sold themselves short?

Yeah-Ed Luce fan here too-adorable!

Thanks joy I just love your show! being cancelled.

I thought the guys from the weekend show were replacing Joy as a team. It’s just Michael Steele.

This was term week and Steele helmed the transition.

Oooh. Rachel went there tonight. All but called Trump a Russian spy.

Rachel does not find Krasnov very prekrasni...

R14 The new line-up on MSNBC doesn't start until the 21st of April, I believe. That's when Trump's '100 Days' is over and Maddow returns to one night a week.

Until then, they will be rotating hosts and calling the show 'MSNBC Prime' . This past week was Steele's turn to host solo, I think at some point Symone and Alicia will also have their own week. They will probably do this until the new show launches in April.

Please, oh please...can 'The Weekend' guest Angelo Carusone please fuck me up my ass ? He's got to be one of the hottest guys on their show. Maybe he can be a permanent host on the show as they hire the new team ?

Until then - any shirtless or nude pictures of him anywhere ?

I thought Steele was pretty bad as host on his own. I haven’t seen the Weekend.

R19 I agree - one hour of him as a solo anchor is quite a bit, and by the second half of the show he seems to run out of steam. He's much better when he has two other hosts with him ( The Weekend) where the energy keeps flowing among them.

He is a great fill in for Nicolle, but he still thinks he is a guest.

He needs to shut up and let his specialists speak.

OMG!

Katie Phang knows that she has nothing to lose and goes full-bore on Krasnov.

She is dragging him for filth using every legal attack possible.

Katie Phang needs to replace Amy Farah Griffin on The View.

R22 Yes, you told us that already in 'The View' thread. We hear you.

You assume that people read all threads.

I do not.

This was posted in two threads that are pertinent to their discussions.

But thanks for playing.

R24 Yes, Katie - we hear you. Send your resume to ABC, and see if they'll hire you. Give them a start date so they have an idea of when to fire AFG.

Well, seeing as sarcasm is so difficult to convey on the internet, I agree totally with you, r25.

She needs to book a face to face with Brian!

[quote]Tuesday, join Rachel Maddow and team for coverage of President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress and to break down its impact at home and abroad. Tune in Tuesday at 8pm ET on @MSNBC

[quote]Tuesday, join Rachel Maddow and team for coverage of President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress

Thank God Joy Reid will no longer be part of these “teams” to break it all down in terms of how everything is whitey’s fault.

I asked this before, maybe it was on the Joy Reid thread.

How come all the other MSNBC anchors who lost shows still get to stick around, but Joy's show was taken off immediately and she was dismissed? If it was just because of her ratings like they claim, they still could have let it run until April 21st, or at least for one full week.

Do we think that was some specific incident we weren't query to? Something as simple as Joy's contract running out at a specific date? it's fishy, right?

[quote] Thank God Joy Reid will no longer be part of these “teams” to break it all down in terms of how everything is whitey’s fault.

Interesting that that’s what you think Joy says. That has not been my experience. Perhaps there’s something about you that influences what you think she is saying? Just a thought.

There must have been an incident where she pissed off the management and they decided to axe her immediately.

Nah. They let her have a last show. They wouldn’t do that if she were fired for cause. Nor would her colleagues have shown up to support her.

She was constantly shown on Fox and conservative outlets where clips of her show were played as examples of the “radical left”. So she was definitely generating publicity, which is usually a good thing, even if her ratings were poor. So something else must have gone down behind the scenes.

Perhaps they offered Joy-Ann Reid another time slot which she declined and instead chose to resign.

I almost feel bad for her, particularly in light of the upcoming Tuesday night team coverage. But we had long warned her that a more polished, professional look was needed. The club-going makeup and clashing casual wardrobe, garish costume jewelry, stark white press-on nails, etc. were all indicative of a post-menopause, midlife crisis, not an attractive screen presence.

Then there was the rapid fire speech pattern and delivery, to the chagrin of guests and viewers alike.

Be best. Sadly, in 2025 the admonition still rings true for POC.

“White male tears” was in reference to specific incidents involving Kyle Rittenhouse and Brett Kavanaugh crying during their trial/hearing and how much power those tears seem to have over the (mostly) white people who judged them. She then expanded the point to include the female “Karens” who weep after being accused of being racists for assuming Blacks were criminals or trespassers.

Insensitive? Maybe? Demonstrating racism? Rittenhouse’s was defending himself for showing up armed to a BLM rally so race is arguably relevant in his case. Certainly relevant to Karens accused of racism. I can see the argument that race really wasn’t directly relevant to her point about Kavanaugh.

But “radical leftist?” Nah.

Her point was the power of a person accused of racism (or in Kavanaugh’s case, sexual assault) weeping to demonstrate that they are the real victims and how the tactic seemed to work. Rittenhouse was acquitted and Kavanaugh was confirmed.

I think her comment was thought-provoking. I think the effort to present it as another example of “reverse racism” was arguably proof of concept.

It very well could be her contract was ending on Friday (the last day of February) and she decided not to stick around for the full week. She could bring closure and say her goodbyes in one night - why drag it out ? And if they chose not to renew her contract, then she knew the end was near for months.

Renewals usually start 3-4 months in advance, which brings us back to November (election day) when her ratings were in free-fall. Renewals are relatively easy with any contracted job - the only thing to negotiate is the 'new pay' (and both parties have a general idea what ballfield they're playing in). They may very well all agreed to keep an eye on the ratings for the months after that before signing off on the renewal, and then let her know in early February (when the new gal took over) she wasn't being renewed, after all because she was losing a third of viewers. And yes - it's possible they offered her something else with the network (as they did with Alex Wagner) and she passed.

Joy had her flaws. She was not irredeemable. She was not good at making good on her errors. Had she been better at it, she would have had the following she would have needed to stay around.

Ahhh-You know this ‘’Tuesday Trump speaks to the world thing’’ at 8pm? I just can’t watch. It will be dumps Reichstag Speech. Not gonna do it.

Who is this fucking black tranny who is speaking right now on Ayman?? They need to stop with this shit. Nobody wants to see trannies when they tune in.

Trannies are people too.

R38 Watching Vance & Johnson seated behind him smirking, the worst and most corrupt of SCOTUS, along with Musk, smirking in the front row, the GOP Senate and House giving him endless standing ovations. It would turn my stomach. Even with MSNBC hosts attempting to treat it as a rational newsworthy event. If there's anything I need to see, I'll wait for the curated clips on YouTube.

I finally bit down hard and watched the full Whitehouse meeting with Zelenski. Trump actually makes mention of Hunter Biden's bathroom and bedroom? And bemoans the public suffering that he and fellow victim Putin had to endure. Is there any question that he is insane?

You know what’s insane? How little attention the media pays to Trump’s obvious mental problems. Biden, in contrast, was raked over the coals for less.

Appalling double standard

[quote]Is there any question that he is insane?

Nope. Even worse are his zealous supporters backing every insane action he does. A fucking disgusting spectacle to witness.

R42 Yes but it hasn't changed any repugs mind-they're all insane. It's like the masses who followed Hitler.

Has anyone seen The Football lately?

(Asking for a friend.)

R41, I'm with you. No way I'm watching that shitbag lie his way through a so-called "address" to the nation.

There are some Dem's planning to boycott, better yet they should show up to boo, heckle, and ridicule his every statement. Fuck decorum, civility is dead with this sack of PUS in office.

It's been suggested that the Democrats stand with their backs turned to him for the duration. Hell, it's your House, Congress; do what you wanna do!

Elon is the designated survivor.

Maybe Democrats should blow whistles every time Republicans applaud.

Jeebus, Jon Mecham has fucking gone to seed.

It looks like this Southern Baptist is having a moral crisis of faith dealing with a church lead by Moses Mike and the Greed is Good Jesus...

R51 Meecham is a proud Episcopalian. Has said so many times.

Same moral crisis, more rational church, from a Vanderbilt scholar.

It is the southerner I see suffering.

Looking forward to coverage of Twitler’s speech. I must comment on Ari’s (alongside Jen Psaki) bizzarre and feminine hands. He has waxed every single hair off both hands. We all know he’s as hairy as an ape, this just seems strange.

Not sure I can stomach the lies.

I may watch the reaction and skip the speech.

I'm gonna watch like staring at dogs fucking in the street.

Not a chance in the world I'll be watching.

DLWH, the Davids, Jolly & Gura, looking fine.

Inside MSNBC’s ‘The Weekend’ Reboot:

Gay gay gay!

Ain’t no fucking way I’m going to watch Eugene Daniels and his horrendous sense of fashion every weekday. Hard pass for me.

R61 Weekday ? They're taking over the Saturday and Sunday morning edition from 8 am - 10 am. No weekdays.

I stand corrected R62. I guess one hour less of watching Eugene. Daniels is better than five hours a week.

MSNBC must be desperate to kill off that Weekend show with a lineup like that.

Eugene Daniels? I just can't. Seriously.

You're not doing yourselves any favors, MSNBC; deliberate self-sabotage?

EVERY time I see Daniels and Capehart together (and I do like them both - especially Capehart) all I can think of is 'Men on Film' from 'In Living Color'. I do think Capehart has much to offer, yet he still comes across as unsure of himself and nervous on screen. He needs to be comfortable in his chair.

[quote] I do think Capehart has much to offer, yet he still comes across as unsure of himself and nervous on screen. He needs to be comfortable in his chair.

I’ve been saying that about Capehart since he started his own show. The constant verbal stumbling he does eventually drove me away from his show.

Rachel us on fire.

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Love fiesty Rachel.

Mother Daniels’ fashion choices alone will doom this new incarnation. I will be watching because of Miss Capehart.

Seems like Daniels' idea of wearing a brooch all the time influenced a lot of guys at the Oscars this year (and they all looked fine).

Mehdi Hasan fired few months ago. I was shocked and heartbroken. He’s so confident and hates Dump-just loved that guy. Love Ayman and glad he’s still there. Just sayin-I’M WHITE.

Lol@ R71. Yes Mother Daniels’ is a fashion icon! She’s influencing Hollywood…oh my sides…

R72 He was let go from MSNBC more than a year ago.

Catching up on Rachel's show. Here is the 3/3 show. Someone asked earlier why the press isn't accusing Trump of being a Russian agent ... well, Rachel pretty much does.

[quote] Someone asked earlier why the press isn't accusing Trump of being a Russian agent

And that's a bad thing?!

Too stupid and feckless a cunt to be an agent, Trump is a Russian asset. And has been one since the 80's.

Did it seem like the NYT reporter Rachel had on to talk about Trump's EO tomorrow to establish a crypto reserve, didn't know what he was talking about. He analogized the reserve to the use of the Trump Hotel in his first term. Rachel had to point out that would be more akin to buying into Trump's shit coin to bribe or donate to him directly. The kid just sat there. He ended up providing very little to the topic.

The degree to which the corruption is out in the open, even celebrated, in this Whitehouse is just mindboggling - especially the stuff that clearly benefits the Trump family. And where's the fucking outrage?

Just think back to all the shit Obama took for picking "favorites" in the solar industry.

r78, but what he did contribute, was that Trump established a PERSONAL CRYPTO COIN. That Trump was creating a CRYPTO COIN RESERVE like gold for Fort Knox. That the Crypto Reserve was very much like Trump International Hotel in that it was a fast and easy way to send huge amounts of cash to Trump.

I found him very informative. Are you a Murdoch Analytics Troll, who is poisoning the messenger because the message is so damning?

Now let's talk about Trump STEALING the Social Security Trust Funds. ALL OF THEM. TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

Poor Jon Meacham is losing all his hair.

Jon Meacham does not look good at all. He looks very ill. I wonder if he's battling cancer or something else terminal ?

Symone is a buffoon.

Jon Meacham is in full and perfect health. The pressures of the times might be showing on his face.

I'm reminded of Star Trek and the principle of Prime Directive which prohibited Star fleet from interfering in the natural development of alien civilizations.

Meacham, Brinkley, Kearns-Goodwin, etc. are experiencing this incredible time in history and, as historians: (a) know how horrific authoritarian states manifested in the past; (b) realize what lies ahead unless the citizenry overcome their indifference; and (c) are having to document it for posterity.

I cannot imagine their frustration and stress.

[quote] That the Crypto Reserve was very much like Trump International Hotel in that it was a fast and easy way to send huge amounts of cash to Trump.

No, at this point, the reserve would only contain crypto currencies that were already seized by government crackdowns on fraudulent schemes - so primarily Bitcoin. Trump did also propose that eventually the reserve should consist of other currencies - and named a few (corruptly picking favorites), mostly coins associated with some of his biggest donors, like Ripple & Dogecoin. Investing in any of those coins may affect the market as a whole, but does not benefit Trump directly. Even he was not stupid enough to suggest that the reserve should contain quantities of his worthless shit coin.

So Rachel was correct by pointing out, that in lieu of staying in the now re-branded Trump Hotel, you can much more directly bribe Trump by purchasing his garbage-ass crypto. Nothing whatsoever to do with the proposed Reserve.

[quote]Jon Meacham is in full and perfect health.

And how do you know this as fact ? Are you his PCP ?

r84, a reserve that a Trump/Musk server could not distribute from?

Meacham-ask him any direct question and he goes off into some ridiculous convoluted salad that makes the issue all about him.Never fails.

[quote]Love Ayman and glad he’s still there

We’re all glad. Who could deal without seeing those thighs on a weekly basis?

I would gleefully kiss Ayman goodbye forever if he took his thighs troll with him.

Melissa Murray in for Velshi. Boring.

Yes. dull. And I like her.

Sometimes the smart ones are dull, and the stupid ones are merely amusing.

I enjoy her little smirks. She’s subtle, and a major ally btw.

[quote]Jon Meacham is in full and perfect health. So be it.

It is an affirmation of faith, r85.

Is Murray the one they hired to sit with Capehart and Daniels to host 'The Weekend' once the original hosts move to 7 pm ?

The Ayman thighs fixation is matched only by the Chris Hayes buff-bod worship.

No, r95. She’s a law professor. There are limits to how much time she can devote to her quest for fame.

R86 The Reserve does not have an established way for an individual who wants to curry favor, to contribute to, or invest in. It's just a government-owned stockpile. Whether or not Trump/Musk can corruptly drain funds from it is a separate matter.

[quote]I would gleefully kiss Ayman goodbye forever if he took his thighs troll with him.

Take a flying leap.

Julie Tsorkin is beyond annoying!!

WHET Kornacki? Does he only show up during election season? I don't remember him even being that much of a presence back in 2024.

R101, he was just on Meet the Press this past weekend talking about the ups and downs on the stock market.

[quote] WHET Kornacki?

He's still on NBC News regularly. I think he focuses mostly on NBC now rather than MSNBC. (And once MSNBC spins off from NBC, he'll probably never be on MSNBC.)

They keep him backstage, ready to go on air if a host decides to have a meltdown and walk off their show.

Good r103. I couldn’t take him on election night, he was so excitable while I was trying to comprehend that Dump won.

R105, I think Khakis is a Dump supporter on the down lo.

I don’t get the Ayman and the thigh thing- could someone enlighten?

One poster's singular obsession.

[quote]I don’t get the Ayman and the thigh thing- could someone enlighten?

They're big and meaty.

Catherine Rampell is joining MSNBC to co-host the evening edition of "The Weekend" with Ayman Moyehldin and a third host to be named later.

[quote] Catherine Rampell, a Washington Post opinion columnist who has been a regular presence on CNN and other news programs, will join MSNBC a a co-host of its evening “Weekend” roundtable program, the latest new hire under network president Rebecca Kutler.

[quote] She will serve as a co-host of a show on which MSNBC is placing more emphasis. The current trio hosting the program — Symone Sanders-Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez — are moving to the network’s 7 p.m. hour. A new trio of Jonathan Capehart, Jackie Alemany and Eugene Daniels are taking over a morning version of the show. Rampell will co-host with Ayman Moyehldin and a third colleague to be named later.

Love Catherine. She's super smart and sassy.

I wish Rachel would continue full time throughout the Trump administration. Time off now and then, of course.

Rachel gives me hope in the face of hopelessness...

R113 Rachel: ""Space Match"! I bet it has an "X" in it somewhere."

Laughed so hard that I choked on my Guinness.

A Rachel zinger is a special thing.

Todays's conversation between Nicolle Wallace and the woman who refused to restore Mel Gibson's gun license has to be the most boring, monotoned interview in MSNBC's history.

Awk!!

R116, sorry that you are not entertained by a real world crisis. Go watch Survivor, Asshole Island.

I found Trump's sales conference speech in the DOJ boring and turned it off.

MSNBC broadcast his speech? Why?

r118, I found it disgusting and turned on MSNBC. And today I turned off his DoJ crap fest of threats.

MSNBC had a running commentary, that made me equally, nauseated, r119.

Hearing all the disgusting shit the Repugs have crammed into their "clean" CR, and the idea that the Dems are just going to roll over on it! It's now a daily occurrence, that there's some element of mainstream news that makes me actually feel physically ill. And angry as hell.

Nicholle in, Katie Phang in for the Wigger, Alicia Menéndez in for fired Joy Reid.

A perfect Friday afternoon!

Yes R16 Go sign up for Putin's war-not boring at all.

Am I the only one who gets a hard-on whenever Ankush Khardori is on screen ? He reminds me a lot of Jeremy Strong - and I find him very sexy.

R124, how do you feel about Ayman's ,thighs? Chris's manly muscularity? Scarborough's Red Letter Bible?

Khardori has nothing on Mohyeldin and his meaty legs.

Is Ameshia Cross mtf?

[quote] Joy had her flaws. She was not irredeemable.

You hear that, fags? I was not irredeemable. Unlike you all, putting lightbulbs in your anus and licking buttholes through dirty glory holes.

That’s where people make doo doo.

Doo doo!!! 💩

You turd smugglers all are so nasty I’m going to throw up.

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Everyone knows that when you're black, the bigoted queens of DL show no mercy.

Why does this thread attract the scat-loving trolls R128?

Mention Joy or Jake Sherman and fecal fans get all triggered.

All I wanna know is what caused Ken Dilanian to curse live on tv...

R131 He was having an orgasm. Shot a big creamy load in his bikini underwear.

R132 Craig does that to me occasionally, esp. when he gets all surly, and calls me his bitch.

Ken is normally such a choirboy, one of the devices he relies on must have lost its connection.

Notice how Ken looks down to his crotch - he realizes he is shooting in his pants, just orgasming over the sexy voice of Craig. He then says 'Shit!' When he can't stop cumming and he realizes he is staining his pants, he says, 'Fuck!!' How does he explain that stain to everyone in the studio ? He can say he peed his pants, but that's just as embarrassing. Just think of all that creamy jizz filling up his bikini shorts.

For the love of Pete, two hours of Chris Jansing is too much.

Chris Jansing has persistent “I smell a fart” face.

[quote] For the love of Pete, two hours of Chris Jansing is too much.

Once the new schedule changes take effect, Chris Jansing, Katy Tur, and Ana Cabrera will all be anchoring for two hours.

^^^^^^ That's 6 hours of CNN for me. Can't wait to watch Boris Sanchez every day.

How Jose Diaz Balart is an anchor is mind-boggling. Amateurish up speak delivery, nauseously smarmy, uneasy, over-the-top wonderment reaction to guest responses. Disaster. Unwatchable. Get the hook.

[quote] How Jose Diaz Balart is an anchor is mind-boggling. Amateurish up speak delivery, nauseously smarmy, uneasy, over-the-top wonderment reaction to guest responses. Disaster. Unwatchable. Get the hook.

He is getting the hook on MSNBC (but will still anchor the Saturday edition of NBC Nightly News). It's going to be Ana Cabrera from 10 to noon, Chris Jansing from noon to 2, and Katy Tur from 2 to 4. No more Jose Diaz Balart.

Chris Jansing is on at a time I can't watch, and I have enough other recorded MSNBC programming to get through, so I can't comment on her show. But I also can't help but notice the difference in tone of the general DL response to her, compared to before she got a show. There was formerly almost universal love for her, and a call for the recognition that was overdue wrt her career. So what happened?

Thank you R40 for this good news! It feels as good as receiving a refund from the IRS, or a BOGO offer.

Surely this move is a downgrade for Balart, and I wish him well. He just doesn't have that "it" factor.

I kinda miss Joy.

Joy had higher ratings than many of the dregs that are still sitting comfortably in their timelines. Same with Tiffany Cross. Mainstream media hates a disruptive, intelligent black woman and it could not have more obvious with Joy's firing that they are capitulating to Orange Whatshisface.

MSNBC fires Joy but keeps Dump ass kissing, knee bending Joe and Mika on the air for four hours Mon-Fri. They're saying it without saying it.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Disgraceful, although those two magpies are starting to kick trump and his ass backwards administration more and more, day by day.

And, as a sidenote, so are the courts. They're not taking most of trumps egregious shit. Good.

R142 I think you meant R140. The post you referred to (40 ) is completely different from the anchor changes on MSNBC.

Yes, thank you R147. I meant to reply to R140, not R40

Ayman’s show has a new set up where he and his guests are sitting on couches. You know what that means…..

THIGHS!!!!!!!

[quote]You know what that means…..

Fox and Friends Format...

For the love of Gawd, get rid of the Trump enablers, Joe and Mika. Democrats (correctly) hate them! They are pure garbage! Fascist enablers.

I can't believe how - right before our eyes - Ezra Klein grew into a sexy, masculine man from the young 'frat bro' we were introduced to a decade or so ago. Nice transition, Ezra - you can top me any time. What's even more sexy about him is that he didn't lose his lisp. Love that guy !

A lovely Joe Free Monday.

I love this almost as much as

Whoopi Free Fridays on The View.

Mika is dull, but she doesn't steel focus from her guests like Baptist Joe does.

Every time I see Mika and Joe interacting on screen together, I can't help feeling Mika has more in common with Melania than she'd ever admit to. Much, much more in common - which begs the question which miserable wife will divorce their husband first ? Probably Mika.

I don't think either will ever officially divorce. Too much money and access-type complications. Mika is more valuable as Joe's wife, just like Melania is more valuable as Trump's spouse.

They'll just live separate lives from their husbands, mostly secretly out of the press. Allegedly, Melania has been doing it for years, and only shows up at events when it's absolutely necessary.

Or when she's paid a bonus. A bonus greater than her weekly salary.

Allowance, it us a spousal allowance per the 26th codicil to the original Trump/Knaus pre nup.

Stephanie asked Stuart Stevens tonight, on a scale of one to ten, how worried is he, he said “11.”

R158 Is his Lincoln Project still producing ads mocking Trump during his 2nd term, or are they cowering or at least laying low like seemingly everyone else?

R158 Dropped 11 days ago. Enjoy

e🪓 ecution

For people who do not understand using the word unalived, Zuckerfuck does not allow the word execution, either.

I used to be a fan of Claire McCaskill. But now, she is just an old Democrat pundit who will not admit to the serious miscalculations of the Democratics. Just be honest Claire. Otherwise, you are destined to reside in Jurassic Park with the other dinosaurs.

David Gura on Deadline White House now. Why did they ever cancel his show?

I hate to say this, but Jen Psaki was do closely linked to the Biden Administration and all the wins, that in defeat, I can't look at her.

Nicolle has the sad Judge Salazar on again and they once again review her son’s murder, ending in tears and off topic.

When we despair at our chances of flipping the Senate in the foreseeable future, noting the ever-growing number of once gettable states now entirely out of reach, Claire McCaskill’s Missouri is exhibit A. Claire may be the last Democrat elected to the Senate from Missouri in the lifetime of many, if not most, of us.

And it's the return of Rachel's navy blue blazer, and her hair is poofy again.

I've always found the upper register of Claire McCaskill's speaking voice, which she frequently employs for emphasis, to be especially irritating.

I'll still listen to her for some of the insight she has into the workings of government. But frankly, when she was in the Senate, I thought she was kind of a dope, constantly crediting her daughter's influence for inspiring her endorsements of Obama, Apple products, etc.

R167 That's charcoal. If you had to argue blue, then maybe slate. Definitely not navy.

R169 Thank You ! I thought there was something wrong with the color on my new big screen TV !

How nice that Mike Barnicle raved about the new Broadway drama "Good Night and Good Luck" starring George Clooney on 'Morning Joe'. He encouraged everyone to go see this. What he didn't mention is the fact that it's one of the most expensive tickets to buy ('good seats' are around $1,000) on Broadway.

So while MJ viewers are sitting home watching the show and learning about their IRAs and 401ks plummeting this week, unaffordable groceries, and all the cuts to government funding they somehow depend upon, there's always the bright light of escaping to NYC for the weekend and buying tickets to the show. Add in transportation, hotel and restaurants for you and your partner, and it will be one of the most expensive get-away weekends in history.

Oh my Claire McCaskill, such strong language! "The President should be ashamed of himself!" What the hell kind of anti-Trump statement is that? This was this morning on Morning Joe. You are not relevant anymore Claire. Move on and enjoy your millions of dollars of personal wealth.

Joe in the studio is a different dynamic.

Mika giving shades of Jennifer Coolidge.

Lawyer on Maddow explains that her immigration client who was removed to El Salvador was actually a gay makeup artist. She showed photos of him wielding his brushes.

That prison is insane. Yes, it might appear comparatively clean and well-maintained, but the enforced proximity/crowding and zero privacy around the clock are inhumane.

R175 He is so handsome in those photos.

Howard Lutnick looks like shit for 63, he looks like shit anyway, but he's out on one of the MAGA networks and won't shut up about how everyone needs to buy Tesla stock because Elon is so great, it's so cheap, and it's going to the moon when he comes out with his $30k robots, that everyone will be rushing out to but

While every 2 bit podcaster who discusses the markets, goes out of their way to say "this is not financial advice...", this asswipe cabinet official is pumping TSLA, while telling seniors if you miss your SSA check just chill or we'll consider you worthy of investigation. WTF. .

Howard Lutnick has no idea how seniors live day to day off their SS checks. Rent, groceries, utilities, etc. They can't miss 'a month' and continue with expenses like his wealthy 94 year old Mother-in-Law.

It is obvious that Lutnick is detached from reality, as it seems he has never been to a DMV.

When do the assassinations begin, and who's first, who's second, who's third, who's fourth…?

The 1st has to be Vance so he cannot pardon Trump. Then Biondi, Thomas and Alito in that order.

R181, MUSK! ELON MUSK, PLEASE!

Howard Lutnick as CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald should have been at his desk on the morning of 9/11/01.

^ at his desk in the WTC

I thought that, too. Almost no one knew who he was last week. Now millions hate him. Nice work.

Anyone who was around & old enough on 9/11, R186, remembered him. His story - along with that of Cantor Fitzgerald - was omnipresent then.

I was wondering when little Marco's loyalty would be tested by getting him to deport Cubans - Trump-supporting Cubans. Well the date is set, on April 24, 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans get their temporary legal status revoked. Lucky for Rubio he doesn't currently need to worry about reelection.

I gotta tell you, that I no longer watch Morning Baptist every day because the (2) 2-hour recaps on Saturday and Sunday are sufficient.

MSNBC gives me back 16 hours of my time.

It's like the old DL chastisement, that has sadly gone out of favor, post fewer, post better.

Does Molly Jong Fast have a neck?

Wishing Susan Rice would have her brows done.

I understand why Rachel fills up her show with footage of anti-Trump rallies. Probably no other national media is paying attention. But it makes for very dull television when there is a lot she could be talking about.

Last night’s report on 20 “massive” rallies (they were small) to protest the privatization of the Post Office neglected to mention that they were clearly done by members of the Postal Workers union. They were all wearing the same T-shirts and carrying the same signs.

r192 and hence you do not understand that Rachel does not do Fox type of infotainment.

She is reporting on the real life destruction of America and the people who oppose Krasnov.

She is giving hope for the Second Republic.

Rachel is showing that the people are singing the songs of angry men.

If we’re counting Republics we’re already on the third:

1. Articles of Confederation

2. Original Constitution

3. Post-Civil-War Constitution

1 was not a Constitution.

2 &3:are the same if you are a Northener.

Rachel is on fire, her bile is etching my Screen.

Loved the interview with Sen Jon Ossoff. He is such an intelligent man, and so sexy. The exchange he had with that idiot at the hearing today is one for the history books.

I wish he will run for President in 28.

[quote] 2 &3:are the same if you are a Northener.

No they are not. The Civil War and the Reconstruction Amendments completely changed the relationship between the states and the federal government.

The Articles of Confederation were a constitution.

A weak one.

R196, why is Jon Ossoff assumed to be a great Presidential candidiate, yet Josh Shapiro is immediately dismissed on here because “no, he’s a Jew”?

R197, if you are a Confederate.

The Second Republic will not have an Electoral College.

The Atlantic dropped the entire Signal chat with the assets name redacted.

Just goes to show that White Supremacy is s new oxymoron.

Dumbass unqualified white people.

[quote] [R197], if you are a Confederate

Repeat that again and it’s still false. Before the Civil War, the Bill of Rights applied only to the Congress and the states were seen as the guarantors of the people’s rights against the new federal government. The 14th Amendment applied the Bill of Rights to the states and established the federal government as the guardian of the people’s rights against the states. Before the Civil War the states were seen as independent sovereign entities that had entered into an alliance for the mutual protection. The “United States” was a plural noun. After the Civil War, the federal government was established as the sole sovereign state.

If radical changes result from our current circumstances, it will result in the 4th Republic.

Same document before and after the war. Only extended according to the valid amendment process. If you do not believe, like all good Confederate traitors, that the Constitution is an evolving document, then you see the right to privacy as a mere 59 year blip.

In the Second Republic the enforcement of the Emoluments Clause will be mandatory.

And it will still be “the same document” after Trump, so by your reasoning, it will not be a new Republic.

[quote]why is Jon Ossoff assumed to be a great Presidential candidiate, yet Josh Shapiro is immediately dismissed on here because “no, he’s a Jew”?

I have no idea why Shapiro is dismissed here. I like him, too.

However, my post is about Ossoff's interaction today on the Hill, and his interview with Maddow. In the past 24 hours, he has come off as quite 'presidential' (IMO) and a strong, potential candidate for 28. He knows his shit, and he's not afraid to go head-to-head with these Republican clowns 'protecting' our country. Bravo to him !

As for Shapiro, I hadn't seen him on any news shows in the past 24 hours discussing "Chatgate", so I have no opinion based on that for '28.

R205, Trump had not suspended this Constitution...yet. When he does?

I think Ossoff is a Jew! Lolololol

R208, he is and a very hot one as well. He’s tall and his hair is fabulous.

All right, I'll say it. I want Jon Ossoff in me quite deeply, and for a very, very long time.

Symone is unwatchable.

[quote] Dumbass unqualified white people.

In Tulsi Gabbard's case, a dumbass unqualified mixed-race Pacific Islander person.

R211, she really is. I tried to watch The Weekend last weekend and I couldn’t get through the first 30 minutes. Her constant interruptions, verbal stumblings, and theatrics are just too much for me. I’m fine with Michael and Alicia but Symone is an acquired taste.

Ossoff is built like that dreamy Loki...

R214 I love his ability to be serious. You just know he'd be deadly serious at ramming it home.

Ossoff is so fucking hot and his hair is FABULOUS! I’m so jealous of his wife.

R200 It no longer matters if a Dem Candidate is Jewish because, until they address the fact that our voting apparatus is seriously damaged, the Republican candidate will always win from now on. We, the electorate, no longer have a say despite many believing we do.

The Republicans won POTUS in 2000, 2004, 2016 and 2024. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE ELECTIONS WAS HACKED!

Obama won because his tremendous support overwhelmed their cheating attempts, although they came close in 2012 in Ohio. Biden won in 2020 because of Covid causing the electorate to heavily use mail-in voting.

By 2024, Elon had figured out how to circumvent the mail-in voting problem, as well as lots of other shit. It's why Orange stain was able to "win" the popular vote, too. Although he really didn't.

As Bill Maher likes to say, I know this for a fact although I can't prove it. (there was proof, but they were able to get rid of most of it after inauguration day because no Dems called for investigations).

Why does BIG news have to break every time Lawrence O'Donnell goes on vacation? I was ready for him to tear the Dump and day-drunk Hegseth new ones when SignalGate broke on Monday!

[quote] Symone is unwatchable.

I will probably awaken the Joy Reid trolls by saying this, but ... I fail to see how losing Joy and gaining much more Symone in return is anything other than a big downgrade. I know Joy's ratings weren't great. But Symone's ratings weren't great for her solo weekend afternoon show, yet she has been rewarded with more and more airtime. The few times I've watched The Weekend, Symone is always blabbering and poor Alicia Menendez can't get a word in edgewise.

I picture Rachel eventually doing her show from a hospital bed hooked up to monitors and fluids.

How long can she continue at 💯?

But she gives me hope.

Simone should choke on a ham sandwich.

The return of Ned Price!

My other favorite Dem 'Mo.

You have been missed, Ned!

Why do I always confuse Ned Price and Jeremy Peters?

Ned is not the little Government Info twink he used to be.

Real man territory.

Plus, he's almost as smart as Pete.

Smart is sexy.

Symone is part of a package. I doubt they would have replaced Joy with her alone.

If they put Joy into the trio instead of Symone they would have alienated them both.

I agree I’d much rather have Joy.

Am I the only one who thinks Peter Baker is kind of cute? In a nerdy way, of course.

R226 I suspect his wife, Susan Glasser, might agree with you. But that's it!

Alicia Menendez is kind of dull, but she's competent...and I'm not really missing Nicolle this week.

R226 This guy always gives the vibe of short guy with big dick to me.

White House Correspondents’ Association Cancels Amber Ruffin Performance at Annual Gala Dinner:

WTF?!

[quote]WHCA President Eugene Daniels wrote in a letter to members today that “the WHCA board has unanimously decided we are no longer featuring a comedic performance this year. At this consequential moment for journalism, I want to ensure the focus is not on the politics of division but entirely on awarding our colleagues for their outstanding work and providing scholarship and mentorship to the next generation of journalists.”

I never miss an episode of CNN's "Have I Got News For You;" Amber Ruffin and her co-stars Roy Wood, Jr. and Michael Ian Wood are hilarious! I hope tonight's episode addresses her dismissal.

Who knew Eugene Daniels would side with this president and the homophobes. I never liked him; you're skating wearing heated blades on thin ice with me, MSNBC. You and he have some 'splaining to do!

Daniels has now sucked tiny white dick for all to see.

Like Trump is going to attend.

Gay male quisling.

Oh ,and Eugene? Drop the prom attire. You should know by now, in these days, your being tolerated and probably laughed at behind your back.

it's a different world; you're blowing your chance to lead.

[quote] Daniels has now sucked tiny white dick for all to see.

Well, like most black gay TV news personalities, he is married to a white man.

No one should be surprised by Eugenia’s decision when you consider her sense of fashion and an 80s Jeri curl Afro that looks like a wig you wear for Halloween or a 70s party.

Never liked him. Absolutely hate him now. His Chirch Mother outfits are clownish. Total Uncle Tom.

As one of the new hosts of The Weekend, won’t it seem a bit hypocritical for Eugene to discuss other entities (like law firms, universities, etc.) caving to Trump when the organization he leads now appears to have done the same? Just saying.

I'm going to "Oh, dear!" myself.

YOU'RE, not your.

Misplaced comma after 'Oh, and..."

S/B "these days", not "in these days..."

Apparently Eugene really pissed me off. Sorry.

Just when I thought my MSNBC morning viewing couldn't be more comforting than with the absence of the boisterous Simone Sanders-Townsend, sitting in for Ali Velshi was Michele Norris, a refined mature Black woman professional. Generations of my maternal ancestors rejoiced in pride.

My Sunday morning coffee was particularly enjoyable today.

Eugene Daniels and Simone gotta go!

Damn! If I knew Symone wasn’t going to be on this morning, Iwould’ve watch.

Eugene Daniels is a clownish buffoon just like Symone.

And a very badly dress one that r240.

Check out his wedding attire if you need a churlish laugh.

Eugene Daniels and Symone are the Diamond and Lace of MSNBC.

Daniels needs a lot of attention in his adult life. He probably didn't get enough when he was a child / teen growing up.

It was weird this morning with the Rev being at the table and saying nothing. Is he running out his contract?

Hopefully the other way around. Joe and Mika on the way out!

I want to fuck my sweet little Princeton shop bottom...deeply.

He was wonderful and all waving his hands this morning.

Joe S. now comes to work an hour late.

Joe was all freaky with the sports guy this morning.

Seriously freaky.

[quote]Daniels needs a lot of attention in his adult life. He probably didn't get enough when he was a child/teen growing up.

ME TOO, CHILD!! ME, TOO!!

R250, 😂😂😂

Ms. Sanders and her jugs filled in for Lawrence tonight. Whatever she was wearing was a little to 'busy' visually on my big-screen TV and was making me nauseous, so I clicked it off. Most times she is dressed appropriately for a woman her size on TV, but not tonight. She needed a solid color.

R252: The woman's wardrobe seems to consist of horizontally striped body-hugging knits: alone, inappropriate for a woman her size but together, disastrous.

Oy!

R253 You're right. It makes me want to adjust my television's picture with all those zig-zag horizontal lines. It would be too much for a slender person like Rachel, never mind someone Sanders' size.

I, too, was visually repulsed into switching off the show.

What’s wrong with dressing professionally for an anchor job?

These costumes are a strike against your credibility, ladies.

I found the Technicolor titties mesmerizing.

Every time they mention Alex Wagner’s “in the field” reporting on her Trumpland podcast, I’m reminded of Lois Chiles’ character Jennifer in Broadcast News being assigned to cover the Alaskan serial killer story.

Where's Lawrence?

He was on vacation then he got sick, but he looked pretty frazzled by events before he left. He said he was glad to get away from the news.

Reports that he got sick right before he was to return are also mingled with reports that he is pre negotiating his contract renewal to be more Most Favored Rachel Nation.

So he wants to work once a week from home?

I found it slightly odd that Rachel phrased it as "but Lawrence got an infection." Not the usual terminology for getting a cold or the flu.

Did Lawrence vo-dee-oh-doh and catch an STD?

He said he was in a doctor’s office every day for 2 weeks.

He thanked Rachel for her encouragement

Severe depression?

TDS = Trump Derangement Syndrome

TDS=Trumpanzee Dip Shit

[quote]Rachel phrased it as "but Lawrence got an infection."

[quote] He said he was in a doctor’s office every day for 2 weeks.

Facelift.

WI delivers a real kick in the teeth to Elon.

I have to believe he never watches video of himself - jumping around with cheeseheads and chain saws - or how could he be so surprised that people hate him so much.

And a lot of white voters in Florida didn't vote.

And Baptist Joe was at it again, pushing Ye Olde Jesus with Pierce Brosnan.

I wanted to hurl.

Sorry I missed it. Brosnan looks awfully good in the trailer for Black Bag.

TG Lawrence said tariffs are taxes. They should all be relaying that message.

I have yet to hear a reporter challenge the administration on their supposed External Revenue Service, a totally Orwellian name for an agency that will derive all its funds from tariffs and zero dollars from external sources. I don't watch Lawrence enough to know if he's ever addressed it, but I wish he would. Along with Peter Navarro calling tariffs "tax cuts", it's the most craven attempt to deceive American consumers and taxpayers.

Ari Melber is going through his 'alcoholic hanging out at Port Authority' phase again. Does he really think he looks good on TV these days ?

R200, the difference is fifteen years of age between them and degrees of fuckability. Josh is hot, Jon is hotter

Comparison is the thief of joy. Love them both.

No laughing today, Nicolle; don't you dare crack even a smile. It is a bleak day for the country, and there isn't a fucking thing even remotely amusing.

Show some maturity and self-control.

r277, there is always room for

I-told-you-so face!

And one nasty smirk!

Thanks, as always, MSNBC intern for relaying the heeded message.

Stay safe this weekend.

Lawrence is in ON A FRIDAY!

Chris Jansing is on Stephanie Ruhle tonight. I don’t know if it’s the makeup or the lights or she had work done, but she looks crazy when she smiles.

Chris has got her Friday night drink on, R281. I'm thinking she is a last minute replacement for a canceled panelist.

I don't like it when Mika stares into the camera. You are not beautiful.

I like the way Stephanie sits in her chair, with one arm thrown back, all casually imperious-like.

Then she'll lean forward, give a smile, double down, and amp it up with an extra crinkley-eyed knowing glance.

She's a minx.

I always found Ruhle to be skanky. Unwatchable.

Yes, Stephanie has her moments of passive-aggressive bitchery, most noticeable recently towards guests who are her peers on the economy.

What was the deal with Stephanie and the Under Armour CEO?

I don't read Murdoch's rag (the new york post), R287.

Basically, it came out in a lawsuit filed against Under Armour by its shareholders that CEO Kevin Plank gave Stephanie a private cell phone and email account so they could communicate privately. She also flew on the company's private jet. This was when she was still working for Bloomberg. His employees thought they were having an affair.

He was also active in the first Trump administration.

Now that Warren Buffet is in cash, waiting for him to decide which sectors are going to recover fastest .

Stephanie Ruhle seems to love fattie Jonathan Allen. He shows up all the time on her Friday "nightcap" panels. Meanwhile, Allen is also busy making the rounds on Fox News to sell his book to Fox viewers.

I’ve noticed multiple times today MSNBC has referred to Adam Schiff as Congressman Schiff and displayed his name as “Rep. Adam Schiff”. Is he no longer a Senator?

That's pretty bad. Better than Shifty Schiff, he probably doesn't care but if I were on his team I'd be pissed.

I'll never understand why Nicolle's producers continue to book Eddie Glaube, who, as far as I know, has never apologized for his original sin of voting for Jill Stein in 2016.

^People used to take him to task on Twitter all the time, and he either blocked them or gave some half-hearted "If I could do it all over again" excuse.

I adore Steph's crinkly smile that looks just like the face on the hot balloon that hung over McGee's, a long-defunct local general store in my town when I was a toddler.

My siblings agree, so now we all call her McGee's.

Wonder what Rachel has for tonight?

What’s a hot balloon, Precious?

Love David Gura

I still say Nicolle Wallace needs elocution lessons. I hear everyone else on her show just fine, in studio or elsewhere. Until that changes I will refer to her as Mumbles.

Mika and Jonathan are having a good Joe-less MJ.

Smart move to bring Stephanie on.

Smart move to keep Joe praying at home. .

Today is Joe's birthday - he's 62 years old. No on-camera celebration for him ?

For the love of Gawd! Get those undercover Trumptards (Blow & Mika) off the air!!!!!

The Hamaconda will be on MJ tomorrow!

[quote] I hear everyone else on her show just fine, in studio or elsewhere. Until that changes I will refer to her as Mumbles.

My mother used to say the exact same thing about Anderson Cooper, she'd tell everyone who'd listen. This was right before she succumbed to Alzheimer's.

[quote]I still say Nicolle Wallace needs elocution lessons. I hear everyone else on her show just fine, in studio or elsewhere. Until that changes I will refer to her as Mumbles.

My Dad's caregiver HATES hearing her speak. She says "How does she have a show, when she talks through her teeth? Open your mouth, Girl."

Danny Cevallos is such a princess again on MJ. Try as you may Danny, you are not Andrew Weissmann or Neal Katyal.

Danny Cevallos is all about his looks.

Andrew and Neal are all. about their brains. And, frankly, to me they're both sexier than Cevallos.

They’re not.

R306 she has a show because she worked in government and on campaigns

Has Tur been fired?

It was an anodyne MSNBC Reports today with some generic woman.

Whatever Stephanie is doing to her lips is ugly. STOP IT STEPH! You are going to end up like Jocelyn Wildenstein. You are a beautiful woman of a certain age, leave your face alone.

Who is in for Lawrence tonight.

He doesn't work Fridays.

Hey! Math is hard!

I'm thinking Velshi, as he was on All In.

Has Velshi been fired? There was an odd hand off this morning on The Weekend.

I hope so.

R317, I assumed he was referring to Michael, Symone and Alicia moving to their new spot on weeknights.

Velshi was on last night.

r319, thanks!

R319 - Yes, he was. I believe next weekend is their last 'weekend show' on the network (though it's Easter weekend, so who knows if they will have live shows or pre-recorded ones?) then they move to 7 pm on Monday, April 28.

I don't know what's happening, but Velshi has an odd skin tone the past month or so - even when he's covering other shows (like Lawrence O'Donnell). His skin has a grayish-blue tinge. Maybe it's the lighting ?

Pablo is becoming a political commentator?

Pablo can become anything he wants, so long as he helps me relieve my morning wood each day. ..which he does.

Pablo’s been on Nicolle’s show pretty regularly these past few months. I find him a bit too Harvard smug in the sports context, but he’s more appealing talking politics,

“Harvard smug?”

He’s a Harvard alum.

He's the Latino DEI version of Joy Reid.

He probably would be just as smug if he went elsewhere.

Harvard condition of acceptance, it appears.

Very hard pass on Mr. Pablo. In all aspects.

Maybe we need Trump to go after Judge Luttig to get the attention of the SCOTUS majority.

Symone really can't carry a show by herself.

Pablo is a breath of fresh MSNBC air.

Maddow

I'm sorry, but I have tried to give Symone time to prove herself, but it does not compute. I cannot take her seriously. i watch her only because I like Alicia and Michael on the show.

R336, I can’t take the verbal stumbling and theatrics.

Symone does seem to get very nervous on camera, which makes her hands very animated and her thoughts go 'off track' and she starts stumbling over her words. When that happens, it' s nice to see Steele pipe in and 'save her' or clarify what she's saying - but on her own she doesn't have that safety net. It's too bad because she's a very smart woman and has much to offer viewers.

Molly J-F tangled with Chris Matthews over Harvard telling Trump to go fuck himself over antisemitism.

Molly was brilliant in her dissent and it is the first time I ever heard MSNBC consultants disagree.

Mika was kinda non plussed.

I thought she did well, engaging with the panel, paying attention to the time clock to keep the show moving along.

She actually seemed to have put a partial lid on the hyper energy, rapid fire speech, and appropriate clothes.

Why are you people still watching this trash ass channel?

r341, because it is not Fox or CNN.

Why are you not, R341? Undercover Trumptard?

It's getting there, R342. After the Mika/Joe Mar-a-Lardo shenanigans and the dubious firing of Joy, it's clear that the channel is genuflecting to Orange Whatshisface.

All mainstream media is trash, MSNBC included. It's the least worst of the FOX/CNN/MSNBC trifecta (in order from most to least trashy). Just read a newspaper or support independent journalists.

Newspapers are not mainstream media?

Televised msm.

I will stay with MSNBC as long as Rachel draws breath...

Then watch her, but let Morning Joe die the slow death it deserves.

Symone is like nails on a chalkboard.

R349, I now only catch up with MJ Weekends.

Lawrence mentioned Gregory Peck, the most swoon worthy actor ever. To me, that is.

[quote]Molly J-F tangled with Chris Matthews over Harvard telling Trump to go fuck himself over antisemitism.

R339, would you mind clarifying this? Surely Chris Matthews was not advocating for Harvard to capitulate to Trump?

Matthews argued that because protesters were preventing Jewish students from going to classes, it was right for Harvard to agree with the administration's deal the way that other universities did.

Molly argued that as a Jew, she felt that if the administration were truly interested in fighting antisemitism, there would be other strategies they would be taking rather than focusing on universities.

She felt the administration's tactics were basically aimed at controlling the nation's universities and nothing else.

R354, exactly.

Katy and the Axios Asshole seem to be in DC, Mika and Barnacle are in NYC.

Is Joe in the Florida Mancave?

R354 If this is how it went down, then I agree with MJF on this one. She's absolutely right. Glad Harvard stood it's ground.

We are in accord.

[quote] Molly argued that as a Jew, she felt that if the administration were truly interested in fighting antisemitism, there would be other strategies they would be taking rather than focusing on universities.

Or here's a fucking exotic idea: The dump administration, populated as it is with unsuccessful applicants to the Denny's managerial training program, could combat antisemitism BY AGREEING TO STOP COLLABORATING WITH AND CURRYING FAVOR WITH MODERN DAY NAZIS.

They are NOT interested in fighting antisemitism. They are interested in suppressing the freedom of universities. If Oct 7 never happened, this clampdown would be occurring on some other pretext. The demands that Harvard is objecting to are not related to antisemitism at all.

Molly saw through the Trump bullshit to extend his propaganda network to the Universities using antisemitism as a wedge issue.

The same shit reared it's MAGA head during the Congressional hearings where the FEMALE university presidents subsequently resigned.

Fundamentally, Chris is an old white Christian. They are easy to confuse.

R339

It appears that Baptist Joe is in London,.

Good interview with the London Mayor and not one altar call from Joe.

Actually informative.

Joy who?

Exactly

[quote]Joy who?

The black woman who "mysteriously" had her show snatched away unlike any of her afternoon/evening colleagues because she told it like it is about Dump and he couldn't handle it, that's who. And yet, Katy Turd is still firmly in her seat.

Nicolle's theory that Trump is bleeding support does not - yet - appear to be the case.

No worries about Canadians not traveling to the US. El Salvadorans will fill the void.

[quote] Fundamentally, Chris is an old white Christian. They are easy to confuse.

I don’t miss him at all and I wish MSNBC would stop bringing his non-relevant old ass out of storage. Saw Chris Matthews at some gala years ago and that humongous head of his is bigger in person.

[quote]I wish MSNBC would stop bringing his non-relevant old ass out of storage.

For some reason that cracked me up, R367!

Since 6:45am I've been on a search and destroy mission to find the location of my 3-days neutered cat's bio-weapon pee in the spare bedroom. I really needed that laugh.

I was just about to say the same thing, R368! R367 was hilarious and gave me a much needed chuckle, too.

It's the wording AND the mental image, R369.

Tell us, R367, is it cold storage, garage storage, or self-storage?

R370. Whatever has enough room for that humongous head of his.

haven't watched MJ since they went Vichy on us. I miss that ginger biscuit Lemire though. That boy needs a good railing

Yeah. More than enough haters still love that turd.

This was Chris Hayes at the end of his show earlier as he passed the baton to Rachel:

"That is 'All In' on this Wednesday night. 'The Rachel Maddow Show' starts right now. Good evening, Alex. Oh, Rachel. Rachel."

"haven't watched MJ since they went Vichy on us. I miss that ginger biscuit Lemire though. That boy needs a good railing"

I'm sure Ms Lanier has been there done that R372.

R372 -same here haven’t tuned in and I do miss Johnathan. He’s adorable and oh so smart. I don’t think he would suck up to dump like Joke & Mika.

[quote]The black woman who "mysteriously" had her show snatched away unlike any of her afternoon/evening colleagues because she told it like it is about Dump and he couldn't handle it, that's who.

You mean the woman who saw her ratings drop like a free-falling rock from the sky since November, 2024 (while the other hosts remained steady with their ratings) ? I think her ratings solves the mystery.

[quote]I think her ratings solves the mystery.

I think not. In fact, Nielsen says differently. If you want to talk ratings slumps, then look no further than Morning Joe, whose ratings NOSEDIVED after their little Mar-A-Lardo jaunt, which caused the network’s overall ratings to tank. But, you keep doing you by upholding the scrubbing of anything black and brown due to the obvious Trump capitulation happening across this country.

They were obviously looking for a reason to get rid of Joy for a while. There were probably more issues behind the scenes.

Alex Wagner saying to Chris Hayes last night, “…the death file comes for us all,” is why I love her.

The "master death file".

And Good Evening Alex! er uh Rachel!

R378 I guess you don't understand the simplest factors in television programming, like Morning Joe in the 7 am slot is not nearly as important as MSNBC's primetime schedule which begins at 7 pm each weeknight. Or that it didn't matter where Reid's ratings were headed 'when she was fired', as she lost nearly a third of her audience from November - February (which fell from 1.3 million viewers in February 2024 to just 973,000 in February 2025). Because she added a hundred viewers the week before she was fired doesn't exactly help turn things around for her.

My thoughts and prayers are with you, Joy / R378.

Morning Joe is Drive Time listening.

R382- Wasn't Joy's ratings not that much lower than Chris Hayes's ratings were at the time of her firing?

[quote]They were obviously looking for a reason to get rid of Joy for a while.

Yes, just like Tiffany Cross before her and Melissa Harris Perry before her. Tiffany, like Joy, also had good ratings before she was mysteriously fired, and she also refused to bite her tongue when speaking on issues of race and the fucked up cult of Trump.

“Ratings for every MSNBC primetime host declined in the period after the election, but Reid’s network drops do not appear substantially more than her peers. Melber’s total-viewer ratings were down 42 percent (1.552 million vs. 903,000) between Nov. 6 and the end of February from their 2024 pre-election ratings—as were Reid’s (1.421 million vs. 825,000). Hayes saw a 45 percent decline in that same period (1.496 million vs. 820,000).”

“In the 25-54 demo, Melber was down 51 percent (156,000 vs. 77,000), while Hayes was down 50 percent (166,000 vs. 83,000). Reid, however, was only at 47 percent (158,000 vs. 84,000), as was Psaki (146,000 vs. 77,000). Maddow and Laurence O’Donnell’s drops were less than 40 percent.“

They wanted to get rid of the black lady.

I find Ari Melber and Chris Hayes annoying as fuck. I don’t know how you could dump Joy and keep those two. Maybe all three should have been replaced.

[quote] They wanted to get rid of the black lady.

That’s right! Dirty fags!!!

There’s a reason the green room always smelled like butt and poppers. It was those nasty ass eaters. They always had it in for me.

Meanwhile, they put their tongues in each other!s anuses. That’s where you make doo doo.

Doo doo!

Disgusting!

🤮

[quote]They wanted to get rid of the black lady.

And replace her with another black lady, black man and Latina in the same time slot.

[quote] Morning Joe is Drive Time listening.

We're discussing television audience, not radio audience.

Symone, Michael and Alicia don’t draw the ire of major right wing outlets like Joy and Tiffany do. J & T pull absolutely NO punches when discussing the shit that is going on in this country, and while Michael doesn’t either (it’s what I like about him), at the end of the day, he is a republican, a former RNC chair and a man. The demonic MAGA brood won’t be too harsh on him.

MSNBC told Tiffany to tamp down her Tucker Carlson takes and she refused, which is part of the reason they fired her. Her bosses should have had her back, but they stabbed her in it instead. I highly doubt Tuckum’s bosses were telling him to “Now now, Tucker. Let’s make nice with that Tiffany lady.”

The replacement of Joy with three people of color was to make it look fair, but if I were Symone, Michael and Alicia, I wouldn’t get too comfortable.

[quote] Morning Joe in the 7 am slot is not nearly as important as MSNBC's primetime schedule

They each have their constituent audience. According to Marco Rubio, there's no ideological split, everyone in the Congressional gym watches Morning Joe.

R393 I'm sure that's true, but the bottom line is that the 7am block is not nearly as important to MSNBC's finance department (re: advertising dollars) than the 7 pm time block.

R392Okay, Ms. Reid.

they are grooming Pablo.

[quote]R392Okay, Ms. Reid.

You have issues. I suggest seeking out a really good therapist.

R396, I believe you are referencing R394.

I suspect R394 could never afford the type of therapist he would need.

Nicolle’s helmet hair has got to go. My straight male friend was over and said WTF?!? Lol.

[quote]You have issues. I suggest seeking out a really good therapist.

Aww - this old chestnut never gets old on the forum.

George Conway makes me laugh. Man, he has Trump's number. Keep up the good work, George.

Prime time sucks without Joy, but I’m loving her podcast on YouTube with her friend Jacqui Reid and her substack.

Maddow time.

My uplift for the week - listening to the response of the crowd in Idaho of all places, as AOC took direct aim and harpooned Trump repeatedly. Watched multiple times.

I like Stephanie’s Friday night show. It reminds me of Bill Maher’s show before he returned to his right wing asshole roots.

Katie Phang is having a tearful gal power show, which she says is her second to last show. I think dumping her was a mistake but this is not her finest hour.

Is she gone or demoted to contributor?

Phang's show is ending because they are closing down the studio in Miami where she broadcasts from (I don't think they own the studio - they were renting for a couple of hosts who live there).

Is Jonathan Capehart getting take off the air as part of the shakeup? He's unwatchable.

[quote] Is Jonathan Capehart getting take off the air as part of the shakeup?

No, he's going to co-anchor "The Weekend" with Eugene Daniels and Jackie Alemany.

I kind of like Alemany, I can tolerate Capehart, it's Daniels who's the dealbreaker.

Nope to Eugene Daniels.

R411, I second that motion!

So TWO flamboyant queens are going to co-host? I give that about a week before it fails. Eugene Daniels colorful nails is going to be off putting enough for a regular audience and Capehart's natural womanly mannerism is not going to win over many straight males.

I actually think this is their plan. After ratings drop, they can get rid of both of them and say "see, we tried gay men but no one wants to watch them" and then immediately pivot to yet another Reluctance from Fox or some other right wing network.

BRING BACK THOMAS ROBERTS!!! 🍆💦💦

^^Republican

Steve Kornacki hosted Up, the early morning weekend show, for a couple years after inheriting it from Chris Hayes, and had decent ratings. His recent contract moves him entirely to NBC, and supposedly he'll be doing no more hits on MSNBC.

R409 There will be a Primetime version of The Weekend, with 4 hosts, 6 if you include each of Ayman's thighs separately, along with Elise Jordan, Antonia Hylton, and Catherine Rampell.

I'll 3rd it to include Miss Capehart and that resting bitch face, Alemany.

With the coming spinoff anchors are probably working for free, so only the most desperate fame whores are available.

Has anyone else noticed that - like 'Whoopi' on 'The View' each day - Rachel Maddow needs some serious ass-kissing by her guests each night ?

Now I love Maddow and watch her show regularly never missing an episode. However, her ass being kissed is what's happening more frequently and becoming more disturbing. Here's how it plays out in two different scenarios repeated all the time..

Maddow will report on a major court case, and dissect it for the viewers. She then brings in a legal expert as her guest to talk about said case, and she starts with "Now I'm not a lawyer, nor do I have any legal background, so correct me if I'm wrong, BUT did I interpret that ruling correctly ?" The guest then says she's got everything right, indeed, and her interpretation was spot on (kiss, kiss). In other words, 'Yes, Rachel, you're even more intelligent than you think you are, and even though you're not a lawyer nor have any legal background, you're skilled enough to argue a case before the nine judges on the US Supreme Court. Hell, you're smart enough to be sitting on the Supreme Court." Rachel then gives her 'aw, shucks' look for appreciation. Now the interview can begin..

In the other scenario, no legal case is involved, and the guest is a government official or elected senator / congressperson / governor / mayor or 'newsmaker'. So Rachel introduces him / her, and says "Thanks for agreeing to come on this show on such short notice." The guest then turns it around and thanks Maddow profusely for inviting them on the show, says there's no other place they'd rather be, and then thanks her for covering the story...before the interview even starts. (kiss kiss). Rachel then gives her 'aw, shucks' look for appreciation. Now the interview can begin..

Like with Whoopi on 'The View', the guests have been told to kiss Maddow's ass loudly on TV (let's hear that pucker). The ass-kissing doesn't stop until Maddow indicates the 'aw, shucks' look; only then can the interview can begin.

Maddow also does some major ass kissing.

It is a reciprocal thing when you hit the top.

[quote]6 if you include each of Ayman's thighs separately,

YES!!!

I’ve never appreciated Rachel’s “Did I get anything wrong?”schtick. It always struck me as an invitation for praise and as far as I’ve seen that’s how it always plays out. Has any guest ever said “Yes. You’ve missed a key point” or “you got some fact wrong?”

She does it to safeguard herself, r423. Cut her some slack.

I'd love to see the look on Rachel's face, and I wonder how she would react if one of her guests said, "Actually, Rachel, you got it all wrong. You don't seem to understand at all."

No. She makes it look like she’s covering herself. Given that no one ever corrects her, it’s an empty gesture.

Yes, R420. I've been saying the same thing about that pretentious know-it-at for years. The attention she craves and garners in this host/ guest dynamic is nauseating. She takes patting oneself on the back to the steroidal level.

I see it as showing that Rachel does her homework and researches the topic she's going to ask about. What you're calling the ass-kissing is probably relief from the guest that they don't have to try to correct the interviewer from all the misguided crap they lead with and they can get straight to the main topic.

Yeah, I think you bitches are reading into it too much. Remember she has a doctorate in political science so she's very keyed into facts and getting them right. How many other TV commentators have actual training or studied the field before becoming and "expert" on the subject? Most fell into the job. As compared to FOX who just hires based on blond hair color and tit size.

We’re not “reading too much into it.” We just have a different reaction than you do.

Let’s discuss Ayman’s thighs more. Are they hairy or bare?

Ayman's Thighs are so Part 59.

I will gladly put my face between them.

[quote]r430 = We’re not “reading too much into it.” We just have a different reaction than you do.

You have a different reaction because you're reading too much into it.

There’s a substitute on for Ayman???

Claudio, sooo sexy!!!

R429 You're not reading enough into it - your comprehension skills seem very limited.

Chris Hayes was the guest on Jimmy Kimmel (Kimmel thanked him for 'coming out here' on his day off). Hayes was very smart as usual (went in pretty hard on Hegseth). Visually, Hayes looked like he gained fifty pounds on the plane ride from NYC to LA yesterday.

Kimmel's suits are fitting him quite nicely of late. I love that man.

Nicolle has hubby on.

Alicia doesn't have Nadine on. I can't imagine why...

Alicia had Michele Goldberg on from the NYT. Looks like Goldberg changed her wardrobe - no longer wearing the black top with the red rosebuds. Now she switched to the blue top with white geometrical shapes.

[quote] Looks like Goldberg changed her wardrobe

Those bangs tho'.

Michelle Goldberg hasn’t changed her hairstyle in lo the many years she’s been a high profile pundit.

Just needs the bow.

Rachel going after Leon was absolutely priceless!

You bitches going after her for DOING HER JOB are the reason we’re in this mess.

If she left out her smarmy, self-aggrandizing, pretentious, pat on the back bullshit, well then yes, she'd be acceptably tolerable. Way more tolerable. As she presents now, she comes across as an insufferable, know-it-all, smarty-pants.

But she is a know-it-all, smarty pants.

It's Pope time.

Nicole has the three hosts from the new 7 pm program 'The Weeknight' on her show right now - Michael Steele, Symone Sanders, and Alicia Menedez. They're critiquing Michelle Obama's 'broken silence' on a podcast about why she skipped Trump's inauguration ('she stood in her truth').

I was hoping Nocole would start with, 'So are you all happy that my friend Joy Reid - a black woman - was fired to make way for the three of you ? Anyone feeling guilty about knocking the black woman off the air ? Hmmm? Alicia? Want to break your silence ? How about you, Ms. Sanders ? Michael, you seem awfully quiet...'

I don't want to hear Michelle Obama complain about anything. She was a great First Lady who took a lot of abuse but she's complaining about things like having to straighten her hair. I think she's been well compensated and lauded for her service. More people praised her for not showing up for the inauguration than criticized her.

I prefer the Weekend Crew to Joy and don't hold them responsible for her firing. Why should they have to apologize for being moderate?

Let it go. Joy was not fired for being a Black woman only to be replaced by another Black woman.

^Naive as fuck.

Did I hear correctly that Jen Psaki will be taking Rachel's slot Tuesday through Friday in early May?

Two "Frickins" in quick succession. Rachel's in fine form tonight.

How about a bleep sound effect to speak to all of our frustrations?

Take a drink every time Rachel says "Oops". That's how bad this is.

Inside with Jen Psaki to The Briefing ?

We need to start thinking about what song Rachel should sing next for her final daily show.

Maybe Carol Burnett's "I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together."

Any other choices?

Eve of Destruction.

I wish Rachel was staying on longer with the daily shows.

I guess “Inside” doesn’t work when Trump is in office.

Maddow on fire

Next week Maddow ends he 100 day tattoo, and the week after she resumes her Monday slot on Cinco de Mayo with Jen beginning the new iteration on May 6t.

Funny Willie Geist slip on MJ earlier:

Talking about Musk and referring to him as "Elon Trump"

I wish MSNBC would move Rachel to Mondays and Fridays.

They'll try Jen Psaki for a while (maybe a year, if that ?). But once those ratings slip, it will be Maddow to the rescue again. Wait and see.

"It's Friday and I've run out of things to give"- Maddow

That's why we watch you. You have nothing to apologize for.

Mondays, Rachel updates the weekend, a Friday show would end the week.

Rachel will be on with Katie Phang tomorrow to do Katie's last show.

Rachel knows GIRL POWER!

9am PT/ Noon ET

So wait, they’re advertising Jen’s new show “The Briefing” on Tuesdays thru Fridays but what about her Sunday show as well as her hour covering for Chris Hayes on Mondays? Have they said?

The next time Rachel gets her hair cut, she needs to reveal the cut by commenting how a certain news thing makes her "Flip her wig" and take a wig or a topper off.

We could all use the comic relief

You may need the comic relief, but Rachel isn't vacuous.

R472 She's done goofy things before.

[quote] So wait, they’re advertising Jen’s new show “The Briefing” on Tuesdays thru Fridays but what about her Sunday show as well as her hour covering for Chris Hayes on Mondays? Have they said?

The Weeknight with Michael Steele, Symone Sanders-Townsend, and Alicia Menendez will air weeknights from 7 to 8 pm, but on Mondays, it will air for an extra hour (7-9) to cover for Chris Hayes.

Ali Velshi's weekend show will expand to 3 hours (10 am to 1 pm) on weekends to replace the weekend shows of Jen Psaki and Katie Phang.

Three hours of Ali Velshi? Overkill.

They could have easily given Joy Reid an hour on Saturday and Sunday.

Joyce Vance was on fire this morning on 'The Weekend' explaining what happened with the judge who got arrested. Lisa Rubin, who always strives to be the smartest one in the room, tried helplessly to keep up.

[quote]Ali Velshi's weekend show will expand to 3 hours

This is a mistake.

Velshi’s show is slotted for three hours. He’s not hosting today, at least not for the first hour.

Katie Phang got a little choked up at the end of her last show today.

Comcast wants to dump MSNBC, but there are no takers.

I hated both Joy and Hayes but would rather watch Joy ‘’in a pinch’’. Surprised and saddened her numbers were going up and I’m sure many do miss her-just not me. How did Hayes ever get that job? HE WAS RACHEL’S WHITE STRAIGHT MALE FRIEND-That’s it.

[quote]Comcast wants to dump MSNBC, but there are no takers.

I am sure Elton would love to own whatever MSNBC morphs into.

Alex Witt on the George Santos sentencing:

"The judge didn't throw just the book at him, she threw the whole bookcase!"

Rachel on Katie's last show, interestingly from NYC, was gracious and heartfelt.

Two wonderful women.

The Correspondents Dinner is pre-show live NOW on YouTube.

Miss Daniels appears to be in Suffragette White.

Miss Daniels looks and sounds ridiculous.

No comic and no POTUS this year, right? What have they replaced them with?

r488, it is sounding like a Rotary Club Meeting with Negroes.

R488 They have replaced them with Miss Daniels and Miss Billy Porter.

Did any actual press, along with the usual camera whore celebs, show up?

Symone partied too hard at the WHCD and it shows!!

Why did Muthah Daniels get a pass for firing Amber Ruffin?

Because it was black on black violence.

The kind that racist America condones.

That and a whole lot of cash.

R409 if that weekend trio is a real thing and not a joke it can’t survive and it shouldn’t survive. The idea

R493 When this happened a month or so ago, they glossed over it on 'The View'. Sunny started in with the fact that she's a black female, but never said that Daniels (a gay black man) is the one who changed plans and fired her. I wonder why ?

I'm curious how Sunny and Whoopi address this on Monday, when Ruffin is a guest. Will they gloss over the fact it was Daniels' decision ?

Daniels gave a long and lame explanation for cancelling Ruffin on Lovett Or Leave It. These just aren't funny times. He also shares his coming out saga.

I hope Amber includes some zingers for Princess Eugene on the view (April 30 11:00 am ET). He should have toned down his ridiculous costume if he didn’t want to offend. That’s one DEI hire even I would fire.

I used to like Daniel’s but after he fired Ruffin forget it. He can get in line with Joe and Mika.

Words cannot express how much John Kasich sucks.

And now, the final full week(;til Wednesday) of Maddow.

[quote] Words cannot express how much John Kasich sucks.

Really?! An OG Never Trumper. That alone elevates him for me over all those committed liberals who either sat out the '16 election or voted for Jill Stein.

They suck, too.

That Kasich is a principled conservative who left his lifetime party in the aftermath of the hostile takeover by MAGAts makes him even more deserving of praise.

Tonight it ends!

Go praise him. I'll always think he sucks although perhaps incrementally less than the rest of his party, which he has not disavowed. He's just distanced himself from Trump. Big Whoop.

Time for a David Gura break.

Ari’s obsession with Carville is destructive. Carville’ a constant criticism of non-Centrist Democrats is only helping the GQP. Ari’s deification of Carville isn’t helping anyone. Time for that bald headed, drunk cracker to stay home with his demented Republicant wife. His time has passed.

Maybe tonight, Rachel will pretend to adjust her wig coming out of the break.

Not a wig.

Why would she wear such an awful-looking wig?

I thought today that maybe she'll announce she's covering another 100 days.

At least Mondays and Fridays.

R510 Could be a topper.

Chris Murphy’s Single Beard.

She can’t wait to get out of there.

Nicolle must be on vacation. I wish John Heilmann was covering her show.

I still haven't figured out if Nicolle has blue eyes or green eyes and I have a damn good tv.