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On PBS, Brooks RIPS DSA 'Authoritarians,' Capehart Says 'Not a Thing'

July 5th, 2026 2:39 PM

On Friday's PBS News Hour, pundit David Brooks struck a true centrist pose, denouncing Trump's "authoritarian power grabs," and then trashing the ascendant "authoritarian wing" of the DSA, insisting the Democrats need to reject the left-wing authoritarians. Jonathan Capehart claimed this trend of DSA victories is not yet "a thing," and that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is doing just…

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PBS on Vance Revisits Nixon: Capehart, Brooks Agree Trump Has No SHAME

June 27th, 2026 7:49 PM

The Friday night pundit panel concluded on a historic PBS topic: Watergate. In its earliest years, PBS found it delightful to contribute to President Nixon's political demise, running the Watergate hearings live during the day and repeating them at night. PBS anchor Jim Lehrer was elated: "as justice, it was pure delicious!" 

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PBS Denounces 'Unconscionable' UFC Fight At White House

June 13th, 2026 9:43 AM

PBS News Hour host Geoff Bennett, The Atlantic staff writer David Brooks, and MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart concluded their weekly Friday night news recap by looking ahead to Sunday’s UFC fight at the White House, which, according to them, signifies America’s “cultural decline” and is “unconscionable.”

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Capehart Says Trump And Republicans Are Why Platner Shouldn't Drop Out

June 6th, 2026 9:39 AM

MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart joined Friday’s PBS News Hour to discuss the abuse allegations made by Lyndsey Fifield against far-left Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner. When asked if Platner should drop out of the race, Capehart eventually said no because it is unfair to hold anyone running for office to any moral standard because Donald Trump is currently the president.…

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After Virginia Loss, PBS Asks 'Are Republicans Rigging The System'

May 9th, 2026 9:40 AM

After the Virginia Supreme Court ruled the state’s redistricting referendum violated the state constitution on Firday, PBS News Hour host Amna Nawaz parroted California Gov. Gavin Newsom by asking The Atlantic staff writer David Brooks and The New Yorker contributor Ruth Marcus if Republicans are “rigging the system."

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Capehart Insists Assassination Attempt Was Just Common Gun Violence

May 2nd, 2026 9:40 AM

MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart had a rough Friday night on PBS News Hour. For one thing, he got triggered when the usually amenable The Atlantic staff writer David Brooks pointed out that progressives are more likely to support political violence than conservatives, which hurt his ability to argue the Saturday assassination attempt against President Trump was just another…

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'One Of The Most Insulting Things': PBS Attacks Vance's Pope Criticism

April 18th, 2026 9:39 AM

Ever since Pope Leo assumed the papacy, PBS News Hour Friday contributors MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart and The Atlantic staff writer David Brooks have tried to claim him as one of their own in their fight against the Trump administration. That continued this Friday as the duo essentially told Vice President JD Vance to shut up when it comes to criticizing Leo’s remarks about…

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PBS Wonders 'Is There No Line Left' For Trump To Cross

April 11th, 2026 9:39 AM

The trio of PBS News Hour anchor Geoff Bennett, The Atlantic staff writer David Brooks, and MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart assembled on Friday for one of their more wild weekly news recaps. During their discussion Bennett would ask if there is “no line left” for President Trump to cross and if Trump is benefiting from a media double standard compared to President Biden. Making…

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PBS Ready To Declare Defeat: 'We're Losing Every Day He Continues'

April 4th, 2026 9:53 AM

The trio of PBS News Hour anchor Amna Nawaz, The Atlantic staff writer David Brooks, and MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart appeared ready to pronounce defeat on Friday as they juxtaposed President Trump’s Iran speech earlier in the week to the day’s news that saw an American F-15 and Black Hawk helicopter go down in Iran.

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PBS Omits Islam From Recent Attacks, Claims WH Memes Are Un-Christian

March 14th, 2026 9:44 AM

PBS News Hour host Geoff Bennett, The Atlantic podcaster David Brooks, and MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart assembled on Friday for their usual weekly news recap and displayed a noticeable religious double standard. On one hand, Brooks suggested that various Iran War videos put out by the White House are un-Christian because they trivialize war, which naturally involves death.…

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Media Elitists Trash Trump’s SOTU, Fearmonger Over Iran

March 7th, 2026 8:00 AM

The following are just a few of the most obnoxious outbursts from leftist journalists and celebrities over the last month.

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LOL: Capehart Claims 'The Media Isn't Necessarily Liberal'

February 28th, 2026 12:28 PM

MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart works for a network that openly presents itself as an outlet for progressives, but when he joined Friday’s PBS News Hour to discuss Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros.—which would include CNN—Capehart hilariously claimed “that the media isn't necessarily liberal.”

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Irony Alert: Brooks Mourns 'Constant Battle Of Forcing Dehumanization'

February 21st, 2026 9:38 AM

The Atlantic podcaster and end-of-democracy doomsday prophet David Brooks had the temerity to claim on Friday’s PBS News Hour that he and people like him represent the “forces of humanization” in America while people like President Trump fight a “constant battle of forcing dehumanization.”

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PBS Likens Minnesota To Civil Rights Movement, Underground Railroad

February 14th, 2026 9:30 AM

MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart and former New York Times columnist-turned-podcaster and staff writer for The Atlantic David Brooks returned to PBS News Hour on Friday to declare victory for the anti-ICE crowds in Minnesota by comparing them to the Civil Rights Movement and the Underground Railroad.