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Rob Reiner Still Crying Collusion: 'The Russians Robbed the Bank'
April 3rd, 2019 10:00 AM
On Sunday's AM Joy on MSNBC, leftist activist and movie director Rob Reiner desperately clung to shreds of hope that someone might still recognize that Donald Trump is a crook that needs to be impeached. "Meathead" has dramatically changed his spin to suggesting special counsel Robert Mueller had a "very, very narrow charge" to investigate. That's funny. In 2017, Reiner tweeted "Soon there will…
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Joy Reid: Trump's Criticism of Media Is 'Violation of First Amendment'
March 24th, 2019 3:27 PM
How can I impeach thee? Let me count the ways....Still reeling from the pain of the Mueller report's failure to deliver any additional indictments, Joy Reid this morning fantasized a list of possibly impeachable offenses. The most hilarious, reflecting Reid's unfamiliarity with the Bill of Rights, was her claim that Trump's "attacking the media" could be grounds for impeachment. Reid said that…
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MSNBC Off the Rails: Demand Dems Ignore the Racist Mueller Report
March 24th, 2019 10:55 AM
At different points during their Saturday programming, MSNBC host Joy Reid and her panelists got out their tin-foil hats as they spun wild conspiracy theories of about the Special Counsel’s report and the Trump family. Between claims of racism by the investigators and claims of a collusion “cover-up”, the crazy train was doing full speed out of the station.
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Reid Keeps Hope Alive after Mueller: Lots of Other Investigations!
March 23rd, 2019 1:55 PM
Keep hope alive! Okay, yeah, the Mueller investigation looks like a bust, and won't produce any more indictments. But hey: there are still lots of other investigations out there! The dream continues! That was the theme of Joy Reid's MSNBC show this morning. Check out the mashup we've created, and you'll soon get the idea. From congressional investigations, to the Southern District of New York, it…
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MSNBC Claims 'Terrorist' Is a Word Only Used for Muslims
March 22nd, 2019 10:13 PM
On Sunday's AM Joy show on MSNBC, host Joy Reid and The Intercept's Mehdi Hasan devoted a segment to fretting that there is a double standard in the treatment of Muslims as compared to whites after a mass shooting. Reid also invoked a debunked claim that white supremacist Dylann Roof was given special treatment after the Charleston massacre, and Hasan cited a misleading study claiming that most…
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Past MSM Debate Moderators Support Democrats Boycotting Fox News
March 10th, 2019 8:15 PM
On Sunday's AM Joy on MSNBC, former ABC host Carole Simpson and CNBC editor at large John Harwood -- both former presidential debate moderators -- lauded the Democratic National Committee's decision to evade holding any debates with Fox News Channel, citing the network's right-wing tilt. All seemed oblivious to the solidly left-leaning nature of the network they were appearing on that would make…
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AM Joy Guest Slams Meadows, 'Whites Don't Get a Vote' on Who's Racist
March 3rd, 2019 10:03 AM
Appearing as a panel member on Saturday's AM Joy on MSNBC, frequent guest Elie Mystal of AboveTheLaw.com went on a rant about Republican Congressman Mark Meadows, calling him a "racist," and declaring that "whites don't get a vote" in deciding who is "racist." For his part, MSNBC Republican Charlie Sykes laughed along approvingly and further complained that Republicans did not do more to…
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MSNBC Blacks: Kamala Needs 'Strong Black Man,' White Husband Won't Do
February 24th, 2019 5:51 PM
On Joy Reid's MSNBC show this morning, the topic was Kamala Harris's presidential prospects. Guest Tiffany Cross, after claiming that Harris's record as a prosecutor made her suspect among African-American men, said: "Black men: blue-collar black men. They're going to have a problem with her record . . . She needs to find a strong, black man advocate who can be in her corner . . . that's my key…
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Capehart: Trump to Blame for Liberals Believing Smollett Hoax
February 23rd, 2019 2:40 PM
Appearing as a guest on Saturday's AM Joy, MSNBC contributor Jonathan Capehart blamed President Donald Trump for liberals believing Jussie Smollett's hoax claims of being attacked by Trump supporters as the liberal Washington Post columnist charged that the President "stokes" feelings of "menace" in minorities. He also complained that conservative reaction to the hoax has been "despicable."
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Joy Reid Ties Trump to Epstein, Ignores Clinton Connection
February 23rd, 2019 11:49 AM
Court documents show that Bill Clinton took at least 26 trips on convicted sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein's notorious "Lolita Express" party plane. There's no indication that Donald Trump ever did. But in a segment on Epstein on her MSNBC show today, Joy Reid managed to refer to President Trump six times, accompanied by extended photo displays of Trump in Epstein's company. Number of times Reid…
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Joy Reid Guest: Stop 'Zombie' Trump Supporters from 'Infecting' Others
February 16th, 2019 11:52 AM
On Joy Reid's MSNBC show today, guest Elie Mystal called supporters of President Trump "idiots" and "zombies," saying "we have to stop them from infecting everybody else." He elaborated on his ugly message at the end of his rant, saying: "we have to cauterize the wound that is Donald Trump and his supporters, and worry about the people who aren't infected yet."
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Joy Reid Annoyed at Third Party Bid That Could Harm Dems in 2020
February 10th, 2019 7:03 PM
"Sudden Respect" is our NewsBusters topic category for situations in which the liberal media suddenly lavishes praise on a conservative because he is now criticizing fellow Republicans or conservatives. Maybe we need a new category: "Sudden Disrespect," to cover cases in which the MSM turns on a Democrat who dares to not march in liberal lockstep. Joy Reid provided a perfect example of the…
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MSNBC Guest Slams 'White Supremacist,' 'Half-Witted' Fox Host
February 10th, 2019 6:35 PM
On Sunday's AM Joy on MSNBC, frequent guest Tiffany Cross of The Beat D.C. decried President Donald Trump and Fox News host Laura Ingraham as "two white supremacists," called Ingraham and her viewers "half-wits," and excoriated Trump's "ignorant" supporters, calling them a "national emergency."
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MSNBC's Johnson to VA Dems: To Thwart GOP, 'Back Off' Resignations
February 9th, 2019 1:21 PM
What a difference a week makes! Last Sunday on AM Joy, MSNBC contributor Jason Johnson accused Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam of "arrogance" for refusing to resign. Railed Johnson: "he caused this problem on his own, and the best way to save his party would be for him to leave." But now that scandals have engulfed Virginia's Dem lieutenant governor and attorney general, Johnson has changed his tune…
