'Institutionalist' Scarborough Was Part of Coup Against Gingrich!
Criticizing the people who caused Kevin McCarthy to lose his Speakership, Joe Scarborough calls himself an "institutionalist" who had hoped that enough Democrats would vote "present" on the motion to vacate the Speakership to permit McCarthy to remain in power. But in 1997, Scarborough was part of the failed coup seeking to remove Newt Gingrich as Speaker, and which also sought to use a motion…
Guest Triggers Mitchell By Defending Booting Pelosi From Her Office
Andrea Mitchell isn’t just a midday MSNBC host, she is also arguably former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s number one media fan, so naturally she got triggered when former communications advisors to former Speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan, Brendan Buck defended Republicans booting Pelosi out of her office in the Capitol in the aftermath of Democrats joining with eight Republicans to unseat Kevin…
Former Jill Biden Press Sec to POTUS: ‘Stop Focusing on the Economy’
A man once responsible for representing Jill Biden to the public has an unusual message to the Biden administration: stop trying to sell the losing message of Bidenomics to a hurting country.
Media Desperately Try To Spin Rep Bowman’s Fire Alarm Stunt
This past weekend, CNN and MSNBC found themselves in the awkward position of having to defend Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), who on Saturday afternoon pulled a House office building fire alarm during a vote. While some journalists on these networks have uncomfortably questioned Bowman’s excuse that he pulled the alarm by “accident,” the more partisan among them have been trying…
Scarborough Tells Biden: Deal With 'Unprecedented Crisis' On Border!
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says that if were advising Biden, he'd tell him to focus on the "unprecedented crisis" on the border, and to secure all funding necessary for border agents, judges, etc. Scarborough says that focusing on what's happening in Central America that's driving people to the US "doesn't work on the campaign trail.
Scarborough Gaffe: 80 Is Too Old To Be Campaign Aide, But President?
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough suggests that being 80 is too old to be a competent worker on Joe Biden's campaign. He failed to recognize the implication. If 80's too old to be a campaign worker, it's way too old for someone, like Biden, to run the country!
MSNBC Host Alicia Menendez: DUH, I Won't Be Covering Daddy's Scandal
This is what happens when you let Democrat family members host programs. On Saturday night MSNBC American Voices host Alicia Menendez addressed the indictment of her father, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey), making the obvious point that she wouldn't be commenting or reporting on the case, but assured everyone that NBC would “aggressively” cover the story.
Snobby Deutch: Trump Only Cares About Us Elites -- Not Tupelo Bumpkins
On Morning Joe, elitist snob Donny Deutsch says that Donald Trump cares about his standing with people like him, but that has been lost and now he only has the respect of people in Tupelo, Mississippi.
MSNBC Dutifully Repeats Fire Alarm-Pulling Dem's Excuses
Saturday brought the simultaneously bizarre and outrageous development of New York Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulling the fire alarm in order to disrupt the House’s business as it eventually passed a 45-day continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown. Naturally, MSNBC’s Yasmin Vossoughian accepted the statement that it was just an accident.
Defending ‘Joey From Scranton,’ Hating ‘Destructive’ Clarence Thomas
On the first day of the impeachment inquiry hearings into the Biden family scandals, ABC’s Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos advised his viewers it was “unprecedented” because it was the “first time we’ve ever had an impeachment inquiry absent evidence.” Meanwhile conservatives like Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia were…
FLASHBACK: The Media’s Long History of One-Sided Shutdown Coverage
Journalists’ shutdown playbook is straightforward: single out Republicans for blame; highlight “victims” of the shutdown to build public anger; and then claim Democrats won because they were the “grown-up” party.
Reporters Caught Using Identical Talking Points to Dems on Impeachment
With impeachment in the political headlines once more, Democrats and their media allies have formed a tight phalanx around President Biden, armed with a handful of fresh talking points. And unsurprisingly, it’s nearly impossible to distinguish the journalists from the politicians.
Beschloss Compares Biden to Lincoln, Attacks Debate About 'Curtains'
MSNBC presidential historian Michael Beschloss joined Thursday’s Alex Wagner Tonight to recap what the chyron described as President Biden’s “fourth address on saving democracy” and the previous night’s GOP debate. Naturally, Beschloss thought Biden was comparable to Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt preparing the nation for World War II while lamenting Republicans were talking…
Mitchell Fights with GOP Rep. Then Immediately Lobs Softballs to Dem
During the Thursday edition of MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, the eponymous host battled with Virginia GOP Rep. Bob Good on the beginning of the House’s impeachment inquiry into President Biden with mutual accusations of spreading falsehoods. Immediately afterword, Mitchell welcomed New York Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman for a much softer interview.