Abby Phillip

THUNDERDOME: Scott Jennings Triggers Panel Libs over ‘Pregnant People’
CNN Senior Political Commentator and MRC Bulldog Award Winner Scott Jennings continues to confound the left and trigger them into taking the most absurd positions. The most recent example of this came in the middle of a panel discussion on CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip regarding the firings and mass resignations at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

THUNDER-LID: Abby Phillip Keeps ‘Maryland Dad’ Off NewsNight Table
In an interesting editorial choice, CNN NewsNight host Abby Phillip elected to keep credibly-accused human trafficker, wifebeater and MS-13 gangbanger Kilmar Abrego García off the table and away from any meaningful panel discussion. Phillip instead elected to do a brief blurb on Abrego García to close the show.

NewsBusters Podcast: Abby Phillip Cries 'No Evidence' of Weaponization
When someone cries "no evidence," it’s probably because they can’t handle the evidence. CNN host Abby Phillip repeatedly argued over the weekend that there was no weaponization under Democrats because you can't identify a "Big Puppeteer" who has directed the entire conspiracy against Trump or Tea Party conservatives.

NewsBusters Podcast: Car Crashes Are News, Except for Illegal Aliens
When is a non-lethal car accident a national news item -- and a car crash that killed three is not? When an illegal alien killed three. ABC, CBS, and NBC wouldn't touch the story of an illegal alien (with a commercial driver's license from California) who drove a truck so badly it killed three people during a bumbled U-turn in Florida. We discuss this and other wokeness topics with Bill D'…

THUNDERDOME: Scott Jennings Brutally SCHOOLS a Meidas Bro
A segment on Target’s financial woes on CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip, colloquially known as the Thunderdome, laser-focused on the retailer’s recent financial woes. A liberal panelist took an opportunity to try to make hay at the expense of Scott Jennings, and it did not end well.

Phillip Blasts Jennings for Ignoring ‘Guard Rails,’ Playing ‘Games’
Appearing Tuesday on her friend and fellow progressive Kara Swisher’s podcast, CNN Newsnight host Abby Phillip — aka Mrs. CNN Thunderdome — knocked CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings and past panelist Jillian Michaels as examples of people who disrespect her “guard rails” and are “playing...games” with the show.

CNN Host Shouts Down Panelist for Bringing Facts to the Discussion
CNN used to use the tag line “facts first” in their advertisement campaigns, and on Tuesday’s NewsNIght, host Abby Phillip demonstrated why they stopped. In their discussions about racism and President Trump’s crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C., Phillip shouted down commentator Batya Ungar-Sargon when she attempted to cite facts and statistics. Spurred on to talk about racism in…

Dem Congressman Tries to Gotcha Scott Jennings on Guns, Gets SHUT DOWN
Last night’s edition of CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip, more colloquially known as the “Thunderdome”, opened with a segment on the federalization of Washington D.C.’s Metro Police Department- which is clearly the media’s Current Thing (at least until the Smithsonian cycle kicks off in earnest). A liberal media darling tried to flex his talking points outside of the usual amen corner…

CNN Thinks Enforcing Civil Rights Is ‘Fascism’ and ‘Extortion’
If you watched Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN NewsNight, Ana Navarro and Keith Boykin would have you believe Donald Trump is “extorting” Columbia University and running a “fascist” operation from the White House. But let’s get serious. What actually happened at Columbia is not a criminal shakedown, it’s accountability. When a university accepts billions in federal funding, it has a…

Scott Jennings SHUTS DOWN Colbert Cancellation Mourning Session
Last night’s episode of CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip featured a segment dedicated to liberal grieving over the cancellation of CBS’s Late Night with Stephen Colbert. Conservative stalwart Scott Jennings took the opportunity to remind everyone that there was a far more important story taking place.

CNN Uses FAKE Data, Says Trump Encourages Racial Gerrymandering
On the July 15, 2025 broadcast of CNN NewsNight, Abby Phillip and Tiffany Cross denounced Texas’s mid‑decade redistricting as “racial gerrymandering,” citing the claim that 95 percent of Texas’s growth since 2010 came from Black and Hispanic residents, and gerrymandering would undermine the voting power of minorities on the cusp of midterm elections. Abby Phillip opened the segment by…

Brad Polumbo Goes Two For Two Arguing With Panelists On CNN
On Monday's CNN NewsNight, host Abby Phillip asked panelists about recent comments from former President Obama, where he called on Democrats to stop "whining" when it comes to winning back the presidency. Substack writer Brad Polumbo called out political commentators Ana Navarro and Maria Cardona for fearmongering, playing the race card, and lying when they responded to…

UNHINGED Former MSNBC Host Compares Alligator Alcatraz to Auschwitz
Former MSNBC host Tiffany Cross delivered an unhinged rant on CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip, also known as “Thunderdome” around these parts, wherein she compared ICE detention facilities to concentration camps. To be more precise, she was ALLOWED to deliver her rant with no pushback whatsoever.

Jennings Triggers Panelists After Claiming Trump Had Best Week Of Term
CNN NewsNight host Abby Phillip may have decided to try something new on Friday by taking her roundtable of panelists to the set of the Food Network, but one thing that remained the same was MRC Bulldog Award winner Scott Jennings triggering his liberal colleagues. This time, Jennings argued Trump had the “best week or two weeks” of his term, punctuated by the Supreme Court’s ruling…