John Heilemann

Nothing is more apt to enrage Joe Scarborough than Democrats losing an election that by all rights, in his view, they should win. And thus it was that on today's Morning Joe, Scarborough unleashed one of his patented screaming, table-pounding rants. The object of his ire was DNC Chair Ken Martin. 

Over the last week, the media have continuously ridiculed President Trump’s address to the nation, in which he pointed out major election security concerns. In typical hypocritical fashion, however, they have been actively entertaining Democrats’ conspiracy theories of rigged midterm elections instead. With a history of eagerly entertaining ridiculous theories about a Trumpist takeover, MS NOW…

On Wednesday's Morning Joe, MS NOW's Mika Brzezinski served up a shocking bit of selective skepticism as scandals continued to engulf Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner. After John Heilemann stated that Platner had "lied" to prominent Democrats like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders about whether more damaging revelations were coming, Brzezinski jumped in. "All right. Well, first…

"The so-called liberal media?" On today's Morning Joe, analyst John Heilemann deployed the dismissive phrase as he downplayed legitimate criticism of the dominant press. So-called? For more than 21 years, NewsBusters has documented the mainstream media's pronounced liberal bias — a reality Heilemann and his MS NOW colleagues continue to treat as imaginary.

On Friday’s Morning Joe, the MS NOW liberal morning program discussed a possible ramp-up of immigration enforcement and deportations in the coming months, as frequent panelist and Puck News partner John Heilemann told co-host Mika Brzezinski that the “MAGA base” wanted more deportations and “they want to see more brown people sent out of the country.”

On Friday’s Morning Joe, the MS NOW panel delivered a remarkable formulation regarding President Trump and the Jeffrey Epstein matter: they repeatedly portrayed Trump as looking “guilty” — while conceding they do not know what, if anything, he actually did.

Monday’s Morning Joe brought MSNBC viewers a confounding explanation for the ongoing government shutdown by creating a political paradox: Republicans were completely at fault, but Democrats were preventing the shutdown from ending.

On Tuesday's Morning Joe, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough ranted against a decision by U.S. attorney Jeanine PIrro not to prosecute D.C. residents for carrying a rifle or shotgun outside the home without a permit, calling it "bonkers" and "insanity."

On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough expresses surprising support for President Trump in his handling of the Ukraine-Russia potential peace deal. But—Joe being Joe—he also manages to work in a Muy Macho moment.

On Morning Joe, the participants acknowledge that Trump's imposition of tariffs haven't raised prices so far. But they express the hope that will eventually happen, hurting Trump. Franklin Foer of The Atlantic says: "He's gonna get slammed with that, eventually."

The media’s insistence that Trump had no hope in the presidential election exposed their woeful lack of understanding of Americans who live outside the elite media bubbles of New York City and Washington, D.C.

In a segment on how the Democrats can find a path back to power, the Morning Joe panel doesn't dare to mention even one specific issue on which the Dems need to back off their hard-left positions.

Morning  Joe warns of civil war if Trump loses.  John Heilemann says he's not a fearful person, but that he's very nervous about what will happen if Trump loses.  Joe Scarborough, the catastrophizer-in-chief, somehow claims that he's not a catastrophizer, but says there is reason to be concerned. And Katty Kay makes it explicit, saying that in a country with so many guns, Trump supporters will…

It turned upside down on Morning Joe Friday. Joe Scarborough approvingly cited Peggy Noonan suggesting that Trump has become Biden on the "mental acuity" meter. Katty Kay said the Democratic ticket is like "sunny Reagan."