MS NOW's Stengel: Trump's 'Threatening Genocide' If Iran Kills Him

Tensions with Iran remain high, but on Saturday's edition of MS NOW’s The Weekend, former MSNBC analyst turned Obama State Department official turned MS NOW analyst Richard Stengel found the real villain: President Trump’s blunt deterrent threat. Stengel’s verdict? That amounts to “threatening genocide.” He called it “more than unseemly” for an American president to issue a threat “in…

Mark Finkelstein

Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Death Cheered Online by Hypocritical Liberals

High-profile liberals publicly cheered Republican Senator Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) death over the weekend – and, their callousness and hypocrisy were quickly exposed and condemned by online posts.

Craig Bannister

ONLY ONCE? NBC Barely Covered Charlie Kirk Evidentiary Murder Hearing

Last week, a Utah judge convened an evidentiary hearing to possibly set the stage for trial in the murder of conservative icon and Turning Point USA Founder and CEO Charlie Kirk, allegedly by now-23-year-old Tyler Robinson. It served as the first opportunity for Utah prosecutors to unveil interviews as well as forensic and surveillance evidence against Robinson, but NBC’s lead newscasts couldn…

Curtis Houck

CNN's Hunt Theorizes Trump Is 'Bad Luck' for Sports Teams He Supports

Last Monday the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team was beaten by Belgium 4-1 in the World Cup, setting the stage for those who hate Donald Trump, to pin blame for the loss on him, like claiming his presence was the reason the New York Knicks lost game 3 of the NBA Finals. On CNN's The Arena Saturday, host Kasie Hunt theorized Trump is "bad luck."

Steve Malzberg

Inside Apple and Google’s Failed Attempt to Effectively Shield Platner

MRC Original: Graham Platner’s unusual rise to political stardom followed one of literature’s oldest archetypes: an ordinary man (in this case, a so-called oyster farmer) challenges a seemingly indomitable enemy or power, transforming into a folk hero.

Luis Cornelio

Washington Week Shucks ‘Oysterman’ Platner, Still Touts Hopes for Dems

The latest Washington Week with The Atlantic roundtable on PBS featured not only criticism but cynicism regarding the Democratic Party’s slimy embrace of Graham Platner, the disgraced former U.S. Senate candidate for Maine, credibly accused of sexual assault. Yet the journalist panel remained high on Democratic prospects for the Senate, even in Maine.

Clay Waters

CNBC Rates 'Best States to Live': Pro-Abortion, Anti-Gun, 'Inclusive'

CNBC sounds like a business channel, but it’s really just another liberal channel. When it thinks about the best “states for business,” they’re matching that with what they call “quality of life.” Some measures – health care, crime – make nonpartisan sense, but CNBC adds grades for “inclusiveness,” “protections” against discrimination, anti-gun "reforms," and naturally, “reproductive rights…

Tim Graham

Margaret Brennan Defends Ro Khanna’s West Bank Incursion, Gets COOKED

In an interview with the Israeli ambassador to the United States, CBS’s Margaret Brennan tried to defend Congressman Ro Khanna’s position after his incursion into the West Bank and subsequent brief detention. As is usually the case in these sorts of situations, Brennan got cooked.

Jorge Bonilla

Jake Tapper Lets Rosie Say Trump's a Fascist Criminal About to Expire

CNN host Jake Tapper took a loud stand that he wouldn’t allow any 2020 election deniers on his programs. But apparently, 2024 election deniers are totally cool. On his show The Lead on Friday, he performed a puffball interview with Rosie O’Donnell, who claims Trump didn’t win the 2024 election. Worse yet, Tapper egged her on as she insisted Trump is dramatic cognitive decline.

Tim Graham

Jake Tapper’s Coverage of Lindsey Graham’s Death is Tainted by TDS

The shocking and untimely passing of Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) forced the Elitist Media Sunday shows to scramble and adjust their programming. CNN’s Jake Tapper, though, did not let that stop him from injecting Trump derangement into his program.

Jorge Bonilla

CNN's Blitzer Uses Hillary Clip To Claim Bad Israeli Intentions

The Wall Street Journal reported Israel shared intelligence with the U.S. that Iran had a new plan to assassinate President Trump, and CNN's online story heavily underlined some intelligence pros are "always skeptical are always skeptical" of Israel. CNN's Wolf Blitzer made it a major part of his coverage of the story Friday on The Situation Room.

Steve Malzberg
Lindsey Graham MS NOW The Weekend 7-12-26

Scarborough Uses Graham Tribute to Brag About Warning Trump on Iran

Joe Scarborough phoned in to today's edition of The Weekend on MS NOW to share remembrances of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who passed away suddenly Saturday at age 71. But Scarborough couldn't resist the opportunity to burnish his liberal street cred while inserting a self-serving anecdote about Iran policy.

Mark Finkelstein

Morning Joe Screams at ICE, Alleges Houston Shooting Conspiracy

After an ICE-involved shooting in Houston, Friday’s Morning Joe returned to the issue of immigration and deportation in coverage that harkened back to the Minneapolis unrest earlier this year. Co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski opened the show with talk of ICE, as Scarborough yelled at people who use “Don’t Tread On Me” license plates in Florida amid immigrant enforcement,…

Nicholas Spinnato

Recent Flashback: Matthew Yglesias Idolizes Platner Vetter in NYT

The blog critiques Daniel Moraff, a political organizer praised by Matthew Yglesias for finding outsider Democratic candidates, but whose vetting process is questioned after Graham Platner’s troubled background emerged. The post warns Democrats to vet Moraff’s other hand-picked candidates more thoroughly to avoid repeating past mistakes.

P.J. Gladnick