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MSNBC Wants Dems to Steal Control of Senate With D.C. Statehood
June 25th, 2020 5:15 PM
On her 12:00 p.m. ET hour show on Thursday, MSNBC Andrea Mitchell desperately attempted to make the case for Washington D.C. statehood in order to help her friends in the Democratic Party gain two additional U.S. senators and possibly a permanent advantage in the congressional chamber. Lefty historian Jon Meacham then joined her in advocating the radical agenda and tossing aside the…
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Meacham: Put U.S. ‘In an Oxygen Tent’ to Get Over Trump
June 22nd, 2020 3:17 PM
Appearing on MSNBC late Monday morning, historian and professional liberal pundit Jon Meacham urged voters to support Joe Biden in November in order to “put the country in an oxygen tent for a couple of years and see if we can stabilize things again” in the wake of President Trump. He went on to define the election as “enlightenment” versus “superstition.”
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Morning Joe's Meacham: On Virus, Trump Dumber Than My Dogs
April 28th, 2020 8:18 AM
On Morning Joe, Jon Meacham says that when it comes to testing for the coronavirus, President Trump is "failing to do what my Springer Spaniels know we should do." Joe Scarborough says that he and Willie Geist "can confirm that."
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Meacham: Trump 'Coddles' His Fact-Challenged 'Base at Dangerous Level'
April 19th, 2020 9:46 PM
Appearing as a guest on Saturday's AM Joy, MSNBC contributor Jon Meacham took many swipes at President Donald Trump and conservatives as he invoked Charles Lindbergh's Nazi sympathizer movement of the World War II era, and declared that conservative activists are in an "alternate reality" while liberals are "taking the science seriously." He also complained that China is being "scapegoated" and…
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Meacham Sneers: White House Briefings Are Just Trump ‘Infomercials’
April 13th, 2020 12:34 PM
Appearing on Sunday’s Meet the Press, NBC historian Jon Meacham slammed the daily White House Coronavirus Task Force briefings as nothing more than “informercials” in which President Trump was only interested in “selling” to the American people, “not protecting them.” The rant came in response to the President rightfully declaring the decision to reopen the country as the pandemic subsides would…
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Meacham: We Need an ‘Avengers’ Squad of Dem Presidents to Beat Virus
April 10th, 2020 12:32 PM
NBC historian Jon Meacham wants an Avengers squad of Democratic presidents to solve the coronavirus crisis. He also wonders why so many Americans debased themselves and turned against the “better angels” to vote for Donald Trump. Later, he lamely insisted, “I'm not a partisan, right? I'm not a Republican, I'm not a Democrat. I live in Tennessee, so when I say I have conservative friends, that's…
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PBS Discusses Why Biden Is Better Than Perverted, Incompetent Trump
April 6th, 2020 6:02 AM
On Friday's Amanpour & Co. on PBS, Walter Isaacson, the former editor of Time magazine, interviewed Jon Meacham, the former editor of Newsweek magazine. At this time, Meacham poses as a pseudo-impartial historian, just as PBS poses as an unbiased channel of intelligent information. Isaacson preposterously suggested "I've never known your political orientation" before asking Meacham why he…
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Jon Meacham: I'm Not Partisan, But Your Lives Aren't Safe With Trump!
March 20th, 2020 11:08 AM
Surely Jon Meacham knows that when people resort to "some of my best friends are" whatever, they are losing the argument. Yet on today's Morning Joe employed just such a claim to defend himself against accusations of anti-conservative bias. Meacham accused President Trump of causing the "literal" death of constitutional order. He then suggested that if people listened to a Trump press conference…
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Joy Reid: Unfit Trump Leading Is Like Having....Shatner Fly a Plane?
March 18th, 2020 5:56 PM
Just before midnight Eastern Tuesday into Wednesday, various MSNBC guests reminded all of us that, despite the unprecedently grim state of the world, the liberal media will still act terribly and ensure NewsBusters will continue to be flush with content. Between deeming President Trump incompetent, comparing him leading to William Shatner flying a plane, and wondering if America would survive a…
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CNN's Dem Hack Compares Responses: Obama’s Like ‘Gettysburg Address'
March 12th, 2020 2:00 PM
On CNN, David Axelrod admits that President Obama gave an underwhelming speech on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, actually making matters worse. But Axelrod goes on to claim that Obama's speech was "like the Gettysburg Address" compared to President Trump's Oval Office address on the coronavirus.
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Meacham Lauds Biden as 'Rational Choice' Against 'Unthinkable' Trump
March 5th, 2020 8:03 AM
On Wednesday's Morning Joe, during a discussion of former Vice President Joe Biden's surprisingly strong showing against Senator Bernie Sanders on Super Tuesday, MSNBC contributor and former Newsweek editor Jon Meacham earnestly endorsed Joe Biden for president as a "more rational choice" historically over President Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. He also lamented that Trump has veered from "…
Meacham, NY Times Get Religion: Jesus 'Best Hope Against Amoral' Trump
February 29th, 2020 9:20 AM
The New York Times Wednesday displayed more sudden respect for religion, at least of the left-wing variety, in an opinion by veteran journalist, presidential historian, and former editor-in-chief of Newsweek Jon Meacham, “Jesus May Be the Best Hope Against an Amoral President.” The text box: “Religious history can inspire activists in the Trump resistance.” Meacham, who has just published The…
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Meacham Meltdown on NBC: ‘Monarch’ ‘King’ Trump Now ‘Above the Law’
January 31st, 2020 4:06 PM
As it appears more and more likely that the Senate will be moving to exclude witnesses and acquit Donald Trump, the journalistic reaction has become frenzied. After MSNBC compared it to letting a wife beater go, NBC’s Jon Meacham on Friday fretted that the Senate is making Trump a “king” who is “above the law.” He warned, “President Trump is functionally a monarch at this point. If the king does…
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Meacham Hails Pelosi’s ‘Formidable Legacy,’ Impeachment 'Achievement'
December 19th, 2019 12:55 PM
Appearing on MSNBC’s 9:00 a.m. ET hour on Thursday, liberal historian Jon Meacham hailed the supposed “formidable legacy” of Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and proclaimed that the impeachment of President Trump was “an extraordinary political achievement” for the left-wing lawmaker.
