Morning Joe’s Platner Love-Fest Interview Glances Over Controversies
On Friday, MS NOW’s Morning Joe hosted an interview with Democratic Maine Senate Candidate Graham Platner, poised to be the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine. The supposed anti-establishment candidate went on the largest, liberal establishment morning talk show to discuss his campaign, as the hosts glanced over his controversies, which include Platner’s …
Column: The Elitist Media Despise Black Conservatives
Black conservatives perennially face the slur that they’re “not really black” if they aren’t on the Left. Not only that, they are tools of white racists if they dissent from the NAACP hard line. Justice Clarence Thomas and Sen. Tim Scott have been lectured for not understanding blacks undergo "systemic racism" in America.
Scarborough Calls Hegseth ‘Child, Little Punk,’ Trump a ‘Fascist’
On Wednesday’s Morning Joe, Jim VandeHei urged Americans to start “sobering up” from hyperpartisan excess and to exercise “self-restraint” in their political language. Mika Brzezinski agreed: “really good point.” We asked whether Joe Scarborough would follow that advice. It took one day to get the answer. On Thursday’s show, Scarborough skipped the “sobering up” and went straight to…
Joe Scarborough Calls for Post-Trump ‘Rubio Reset’
On Wednesday's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough said: “Let us hope, post-Trump, there’s more of a Marco Rubio reset.” Joe volunteering for Marco ’28? Is this just analysis—or is Scarborough signaling the kind of Republican he’d be comfortable backing in a post-Trump era?
Morning Joe Defends Kimmel Widow Joke, Mocks Melania 'Crocodile Tears'
On Tuesday’s Morning Joe, the panel rose to the defense of Jimmy Kimmel, embracing his claim that his “expectant widow” line about Melania Trump was merely an age-gap “joke”—and then turning around to target Donald Trump and the First Lady for objecting.
Scarborough Slams Ballroom Plea, Lemire Still Upset by ‘Fraught’ WHCD
On Monday’s Morning Joe on MS NOW, the show opened with a discussion on the White House Correspondents Dinner shooting, where Joe Scarborough explained how he always felt the Washington Hilton was not secure. He later flaunted his disdain for the “MAGA sphere” posts about a White House Ballroom after the shooting.
Morning Joe Warns of ‘Very Problematic’ Correspondent’s Dinner
On Friday’s Morning Joe, the hosts of the program discussed the prospects of Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Co-host Jonathan Lemire took issue with the attendance of President Trump, as he called the event “very problematic” and “incongruous” during a discussion with MS NOW’s reporter Fallon Gallagher and analyst Eugene Robinson on the dynamics of the event amid the…
MS NOW Defends SPLC Indictment as Political, as it Airs Their Ads
At the end of Thursday’s Morning Joe, co-host Jonathan Lemire interviewed the CEO of the National Urban League, Marc Morial, and former U.S. Attorney and MS NOW analyst Joyce Vance to defend the Southern Poverty Law Center amid the recent indictment from the DOJ related to wire fraud, as Morial called the indictment an “assault on civil rights.” In the same program, an advertisement…
Scarborough Rips GOP on VA Redistricting—Skips Guv's ‘No Plans' Pledge
On Wednesday’s Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough mocked Republican criticism of Virginia’s gerrymandering scheme and cleared a path for Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger to defend it without facing a single hard question.
Morning Joe Admits: ‘Noose’ Now Around Iran, Trump Strategy ‘Working’
In a hell-freezes-over moment, Thursday’s Morning Joe featured something all but unheard of: Joe Scarborough making the case for Trump’s Iran strategy. Discussing the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports along the Strait of Hormuz, Scarborough described what he’s hearing from regional and Trump administration sources as a “growing sense of optimism.” Citing a Gulf ally, Scarborough said that whereas…
Scarborough Accuses Israel of ‘Random Strikes’ on Lebanese Civilians
On Tuesday’s Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough accused Israel of carrying out “random” strikes on civilians in Lebanon—while insisting, implausibly, that his framing was not a “leading question.” “The next question I ask is going to sound like a leading question. It is not a leading question,” Scarborough claimed, before proceeding to deliver exactly that.
Scarborough Lectures Trump on Blasphemy, But MS NOW Is Like the ACLU
On Tuesday’s Morning Joe, MS NOW’s Joe Scarborough slipped into full sermon mode—lecturing viewers on Christianity while accusing Donald Trump of committing “unforgivable” blasphemy over a social media post depicting himself in Christ-like imagery.
Orban Loses, Joe Scarborough Sneers at ‘Crayon Book’ Conservatives
On Monday’s Morning Joe, MS NOW’s Joe Scarborough used Hungary’s election results as an occasion to reprise a familiar habit: denigrating conservatives as ignorant and unserious. Co-host Jonathan Lemire followed with a sweeping—and demonstrably false—claim that the US never backs candidates in foreign elections.
Morning Joe Fearmongers About Returning 'To Pre-1950 America'
On Friday’s Morning Joe, co-host Joe Scarborough and fellow MS NOW host Al Sharpton got an opportunity to engage in their favorite hobbies of using a lot of words to say little of substance and fearmongering about the Trump administration turning back the lock “to pre-1950 America.”
