On @weekendcapehart, @mayawiley decried the ABC-@GStephanopoulos settlement, seeing it “in the context of the playbook in authoritarianism, the playbook is you come for independent journalism and you work hard to threaten it, make it afraid, and therefore, no longer independent” https://t.co/7zY5EkRKC4

Kamala is still out there talking about joy https://t.co/WHN8C5ZiuG

“I think it’s a concerning sign that ABC buckled. They were just about to take the deposition of Donald Trump this week, which would have helped solidify their case, which is already, in my view, a strong case...yet they...caved.” – @BarbMcQuade on MSNBC’s Velshi w/o @AliVelshi https://t.co/cMBPPnDRhq

Over on NBC's Meet the Depressed: Bernie Sanders does the "murder is bad, BUT..." routine not once, but TWICE, while defending Elizabeth Warren's earlier statement. Zero followup from Kristen Welker, a clear (D)ifference from her Trump interview https://t.co/vIYhsCTG9q

More @SymoneDSanders on @TheWeekendMSNBC: “We want to be accurate” and rued: “This seems quite targeted and I don’t think George Stephanopoulos was wrong. I’m sorry.” When guest doesn’t immediately agree, Sanders: “This is the chilling effect!” https://t.co/kToqhUDxf0

“It’s insane.” MSNBC’s @SymoneDSanders on @TheWeekendMSNBC re ABC’s $15 million defamation settlement in which @GStephanopoulos must personally pay Trump $1 million for cost of lawyers despite, she insisted, the accuracy of what he said. https://t.co/USL2uHR3sk

On @TheWeekendMSNBC, @MichaelSteele upset at ABC’s defamation payout: “What’s your assessment of how this affects the way the country governs itself when both the judicial and the media space seem so willing to blow past the obvious problems with this incoming administration?” https://t.co/xarvgq0ZBt

“So literally it’s ABC helping pay for maybe a wing of the Trump library someday. Can you imagine the kind of trolling that Trump might do, trying to name it for ABC or something, because he says that they defamed him and...had to pay him out?” – @BrianStelter on CNN This Morning https://t.co/rBd0nWVrEv

On @AymanMSNBC Sat night, re ABC’s agreeing to $16 million settlement of Trump defamation lawsuit, @BarbMcQuade lamented “the chilling effect it might have on people who otherwise would be critical of Trump.” @harrylitman maintained @GStephanopoulos was correct in what he said. https://t.co/AFmRGVnsMk

What a difference a $15M settlement makes: ABC's George Stephanopoulos kicks off ABC This Week with the hard-newsy NJ drone story, as opposed to the usual editorial caterwauling over Trump https://t.co/zBrDPHJ0rv

Stephanie Ruhle admits Daniel Penny and Luigi Mangione are "very, very, very different" but wonders "Vance is taking Daniel Penny to the Army-Navy football game... How concerned should we be though that the American people, groups of the American people are celebrating violence?" https://t.co/WQSu3n6vJP

PBS "expert" Brad Onishi connects Hegseth's tattoos to mass murderers: "Anders Breivik referenced the Knights Templar in his act of terrorism. The Christchurch shooter emblazoned Crusader symbology on his weapons. So the use of these symbols from any Christians is alarming…." https://t.co/1e9kU6AENl

Giggles! Jake Tapper enjoys the metaphor that Trump is coming back to a second term like the velociraptors in "Jurassic Park" learning how to wreak havoc. From the people who think you shouldn't compare MS-13 gangsters to animals.... https://t.co/mOmpvwlC4Q

Time says their Person of the Year is "The individual who, for better or for worse, did the most to shape the world" and Joy Reid says "we all know which one Trump" is, adding "in the same category" are "Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Ayatollah Khomeini, and Vladimir Putin" https://t.co/aRaxaTFMCl

This is what the Manu Raju-hosted 'Inside Politics' on CNN is up to right now. These people have learned nothing from November, but they don't care. https://t.co/KwAj4l4Bnl

Joy Behar lashes out at voters, calling them "misinformed" about the economy as she holds up the talking points card someone gave her: "I think that they have been misinformed, misled by other networks. You know, people get mad at us and say we're one-sided here." https://t.co/5RiHZtHK5S

Seth Meyers wasn't a fan of Trump going to Wall Street, "as soon as he wins he's on a [bleep] marble balcony on Wall Street" and "that's the frustrating thing about voters who both consider the Democrats elites, which is fair, but who then also vote for this guy." https://t.co/wNvCemiy2B

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Bloomberg reporter Akayla Gardner: “I guess react generally to the fact that, you know, this is a nonpartisan agency and Kari Lake is someone who just ran the Senate campaign. Just any reaction to the fact that —” WH’s John Kirby: “I’m just not gonna get into casting judgments… https://t.co/9WwtR0Zyj7 https://t.co/yb5A4Q1sVL

EXCLUSIVE: Emails, Phone Logs Reveal How Botched Hegseth West Point Story Imploded After a West Point spokesperson falsely claimed that @PeteHegseth had not applied or been accepted to the school, ProPublica reached out to Hegseth's lawyer, asserting that the Secretary of… https://t.co/xRqkwBW2Dt https://t.co/bN9ahCwC1p