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So the media template of the GOP Speakers fight is - shocking I know - the same old, same old.

Kevin McCarthy hadn’t even been Speaker for eight hours when MSNBC’s Ali Velshi welcomed Washington Post national politics reporter Eugene Scott onto his Saturday show eagerly anticipate his replacement by new minority leader and noted election denier Hakeem Jeffries.

Before Kevin McCarthy finally clinched the Speakership early Saturday morning, the Friday night coverage on MSNBC and CNN declared that the drama only helped the Chinese government in its quest to discredit democracy and advance dictatorship.

MSNBC historian Jon Meacham took his overly solemn and pretentious analysis to Friday’s Morning Joe to accuse the Republican Party of not believing in the principles laid out in the Declaration of Independence amidst the anniversary of January 6 and the Speaker election drama.

CNN’s Chris Wallace travelled to CBS’s The Late Show on Thursday to discuss his career, the new season of Who’s Talking To Chris Wallace, and the on-going drama in the House of Representatives. While Colbert argued the Speaker battle is proof that God exists, Wallace argued it proves Nancy Pelosi was a genius.

If MSNBC Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough’s new year’s resolution was to avoid the death of irony, he has already failed. On Thursday’s show, Scarborough took aim at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s inaugural address and wondered what kind of idiot believes him because such talk is what causes Republicans to lose elections. Again, this was in response to an inaugural address…

When it comes to the election to be Speaker of the House, nobody is safe from the late night liberals. If you support Kevin McCarthy they relish in your failure, if you oppose Kevin McCarthy they will denounce you as an extremist, and if you’re Ronald Reagan and have been dead for nearly 20 years, CBS Late Night host Stephen Colbert will take the opportunity to suggest you are in hell…

Stephen Colbert kicked off the new year by welcoming Michelle Obama back to The Late Show on CBS to pressing the former first lady with tough questions such as “what is the best sandwich?”

Between calls for gun control, the demise of Roe v. Wade, and the regular news cycle, it was a year where the hosts of late night traded in their jokes for liberal rants, lectures, and other wandering pontifications. So, without further ado, here are the top -- or maybe bottom 10 -- moments of late night 2022.

CBS The Late Show host Stephen Colbert is already preparing for a 2024 GOP Presidential Primary between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by comparing both to a sexually transmitted disease.

After Wednesday’s congressional hearings on the Colorado Springs Club Q shooting and violence and threats of violence against LGBT people, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports and CNN’s Inside Politics with John King came to the same conclusion: it’s conservatives’ fault.

MSNBC host of The 11th Hour Stephanie Ruhle wondered if conservative attempts to “ban books” was the reason the FBI recently reported a raise in hate crimes. Instead of simply answering no, that’s ridiculous, former assistant director for counter intelligence Frank Figliuzzi says it is too soon to tell, but they certainly don’t help.

MSNBC’s Ali Velshi somehow managed to hit a new low on his Saturday show as he accused mainstream conservatives of creating an environment for terrorism against transgender individuals.

It was a good week for liberals, which means according to MSNBC logic it was a good week for democracy itself. On Friday’s installment of The 11th Hour guest host Alicia Menendez rejoiced over Raphael Warnock’s win, Donald Trump’s woes, and the passage of the same-sex marriage bill. Beschloss also got in a tortured analogy when condemning critics of the Brittney Griner-Viktor Bout…