MSNBC - Part 45

[quote] Caputo is such a hot guy - too bad he's an idiot.

He should relocate to Arizona, for a fresh start.

As Tim Miller pointed out last week. Nicolle is on Fire. And able to laugh about it. In a screeching kind of way.

Are we doing part 45 or 46??

Do this thread. r3.

This is what happens when a thread closes without a link to a new thread.

Rachel talking about Santos is very funny.

Rachel has a fine time ridiculing stupid.

R5 It was sort of silly, her staff spending time to corroborate two of his more implausible stories.

But then we'd never have learned about his very believable garbage-throwing neighbor.

Rachel is an intellectual. Those were accusations he made in Portuguese during a Brazilian interview.

Rachel was the only journo to do a followup on his outrageous claims that SHOULD have had NYPD corroboration.

Rachel goes the extra mile.

Not only brilliant, but hard working as well.

Yes we get it Nicolle, you had sex and birthed a baby.

Honestly I can’t with her today.

[quote] Not only brilliant, but hard working as well.

Put her team on hunting down his Grindr profile.

Joy’s hair looks pink tonight.

YUP!

Joy's wig is looking fine.

Love Stephanie's hair. It's...sassy.

And Rachel's hair looks great at 30 Rock.

Watching Ali and Stephanie and Ali made a sports statement and Stephanie called him out , by asking him who the quarter back was and Ali hummina himmina'd. Then he got bitchy with her.

Hey, Velshi, how many empty suits do you think Stephanie has delt with before?

Wow, on the return a huge kumbaya friendship statement. He must have apologized for being a douche.

R16 Aren't he and Steph old chums?

I enjoyed their little tiff about the ending of Footloose.

[quote] Love Stephanie's hair. It's...sassy.

that is Paula Prentiss tribute coiffure

Steph always sounds like she's been up all night partying before chaining a carton of Marlboro Reds.

r21, Exactly! 😂😂😂

I finally came to the conclusion that Stephanie and Ali have a mother/son relationship.

She chides him, she touches his arm and shoulder and dares him to be better.

THAT'S IT.

Merging that with a professional/collegial relationship could be creepy, but it comes off as sweet and unaffected.

RUHLE RULES!

I bet Ali has a big one. Big and thick.

I believe it is BIC.

I can’t believe some of your bitches think Willie Geist is attractive. He has a face like a frog, he’s pale as a ghost, and whoever does his make up should be spanked.

And a big willie.

Did John Heilemann piss off Rashida? That happened to The Circus? What about Naomi?

John Heilemann has definitely been on MSNBC less.

He hasn’t been on MJ or DWH in a while.

Wow, Elie Honig knows what a pretty boy he is. But he is straight.

Did you all catch our dear Claire McC. showing off her cheesecake shaped and iced like a football helmet to Nicolle this afternoon? She even broke sexy Glenn Kirchner up.

And Marc Caputo! Can we get back to talking about him? I'll miss him, especially in his tight summer polo shirts, crooked though he may be.

Yes, r31. Claire obvious has an on-call baker.

There was another recent thread "Good-looking people with close-set eyes?".

I forgot to nominate Marc Caputo.

[quote] crooked though he may be.

Is he crooked, I missed that.

I just thought he was accused of being unashamedly callous and meanspirited.

Rick Scott has a net worth of $260Million dollars

Of course he hates poor sick people.

Why on god's green earth do Floridians vote for these rich Bozos 🤡🤡🤡?

Rick Scott was involved in a Medicare misappropriation scandal several years ago.

That, too.

Marc Caputo has a wonky eye that makes his face look a little crooked but also very sexy.

Warning! Chris Hayes has a VERY hot Ukrainian soldier on with him tonight.

Adam Schiff = Casual Friday

That Ukrainian soldier had the most beautiful soulful eyes I've ever seen. What a hunk!

OMG! Joyce Vance is sitting i the studio LIVE with Alicia Menendez, who is subbing for Alex tonight! Her makeup and hair are exquisite. And she's learned to wear a black jacket and trousers on air, as that camera does get around.

Glad to hear - love Joyce! And sorry about Heileman being missing. Maybe CNN could snatch him up.

And Joyce Bulifant was on Perry Mason this morning. Coincidence...?

vet these contributors, just because you are reporter doesn’t mean you can do tv.

R42 Vance was actually on set at MJ the other morning dispensing wisdom. The studio becomes her.

Where's the Chris Murphy idolaters, he's been all over on the latest Michigan & Parkland anniversary stories.

I'll admit he's looking healthier.

I agree, r46. I think Joyce, who I love, comes off even better (more authoritative) in the studio.

Is Nicolle talking about Trump today?

I want to feel and see Chris Hayes' muscles. He fills out his tight suit beautifully.

This *just* in: Ari shaved

R47

Chris Murphy definitely lost weight last year when he had COVID, but he has gained it back and looking HOT !

He now just has to get rid of that ugly wife and then he is 💯.

Amen was in for Nicolle.

No love for Rep. Jim Himes? I think he is way hotter. Bigger muscles than Murphy.

R26 He's intelligent and he's funny. That counts for something, except for queens like you.

And Jim Hines (56) is 7 years older than Murphy (49)! Never would have guessed that. Hines is fine.

Jim Hines also married an unattractive lady.

What’s up with these hot congressmen settling for ugly wives?

I'm hot for Jim Hines even more when he's wearing his eyeglasses. Very Clark Kent vibes.

Andrea, Andrea, Andrea. Never entertain on-air conversations regarding "age checks" for politicians.

Sigh.

Oh, fuck you, Bolton.

[quote]What’s up with these hot congressmen settling for ugly wives?

I think they feel a hot wife could turn off female voters. An ugly one is more relatable.

I saw Ali Velshi about a month ago on 6th Avenue. Was SHOCKED at how short he is! 5’ 8”, probably!

Isn't 5'8" average height for US males?

If it is the average, he's not "short."

R61

Yet these dudes are probably cheating on the ugly wives with hot DC chicks anyways. Might as well marry for love, not comfort.

Ugly, Plain, Non-Threatening women seem to be the choice of these HOT CONGRESSMEN.

Ali Velshi looks like at least 6" on camera. So that is a surprise.

I've heard that Chris Hayes is 6'5".

Jonathan Lemire is all access journalism. Always saying the clickbait both sides thing.

Yes to Mika for shutting him down today.

I love Mika's top this morning. She really is the best dressed anchor on MSNBC. Great understated appropriate taste!

R65 I think Chris is more like 6 feet, which is why it's sort of funny when on occassion he's referred to DeSantis (at 5'9") as short.

Little Marco and Meatball Ron just lack that Presidential stature.

"Meatball Ron" - LOL ! I LOVE THIS !

Mika + Oral Sex talk on MJ.

Yes, that was rather uncomfortable to watch even though Mika knew what the conversation was leading to.

[quote]he's referred to DeSantis (at 5'9") as short.

I didn’t realize Rhonda was that short. He has no chance of being elected President in that case.

What was the conversation leading to?

It was all about Les Moonves's sexual peccadillos, r73.

Why were they discussing that?

Because they had the authors of a new book about the Sumner Redstone family on. The Epic Battle of a Media Empire.

[R75] Mika was complaining that Joe only gave her a diamond bracelet for Valentine's Day, and Willie said he gave his wife 'something more special'. She asked "What did you give her exactly ?" and he told her...

Mika was rather jealous.

This just in: She doesn't kick sideways

This is not about MSNBC but I have to chuckle every time they post a short clip of Fox & Friends (which I never watch otherwise) and it's the 3 hosts and the old guy on the left is always the one ranting about something stupid while the witless younger dope on the right just sits there and the blonde bimbo stares into the camera in a too-tight dress, sitting there, looking like she'd rather be anywhere else. Do those other two ever say anything? Who watches that shit??

Leslie Jones AND Joy Reid??!! Together on one broadcast??!!

Uncouth and Uncouther.

Lawrence just said *shit*...

I'll be glad when Mika leaves for Abu Dhabi.

Lawrence is not a potty mouth, it just shows that he will say anything else but FUCK.

Good for him, I think it is a small rebellion to corporate censorship.

And the card showed s*** and f***.

[quote] Who watches that shit??

DJT is a loyal watcher and occasional spontaneous phone-in guest. His MAGA base probably watch on the chance of hearing from him.

Btw, the credit for "Meatball Ron" goes to Trump. Big improvement over Ron DeSanctamonious.

The Magats have no idea what "sanctimonious" means. Probably think its high praise. Everybody gets Meatball Ron.

Turkey officially changed its name in mid-2022 to Turkiye. The Pentagon spokesperson is the only one I've heard using the new pronunciation (Toor-kee-yeh) - in the recent earthquake coverage all the news broadcasters & reporters were sticking with good old Turkey.

A lot of reporters now also seem to be reverting to "Kiev" for Kyiv, after having switched to the preferred "Keev".

Stephanie Rhule takes more time off than Chris Hayes. Brian Williams never did.

R86, funny but I keep hearing the Ukrainian keef.

Glenn Thrush appears to be back from me-too exile. Looking kind of grizzled.

Yes, Thrush is looking grizzled - which isn't always bad - but he looks like he's been through the wringer.

Joe S. is BONKERS this morning.

I spy a bourbon in that glass.

Chris Hayes and Stepahnie Rhule have school-age children. I believe this is 'February Vacation' week for most school districts across the country - so they both may have taken the week off to go on vacation with their families (Disney ?).

Is it wise to send an elderly woman like Andrea who gets easily confused across six time zones?

Now I'm subjected to Andrea Mitchell in a one-on-one interview with Kamala Harris.

Yesterday, Joy Ann Reid with Leslie Jones, and today these two: Are you trying to kill me, MSNBC?!

Is MSNBC forcing you to watch them, r94?

Slow day at the factory, CuntBot R95?

Me, cunty, DWN? It isn't in my nature.

[quote]Now I'm subjected to Andrea Mitchell in a one-on-one interview with Kamala Harris.

I saw that. It just confirmed the fact that I have never ever been more disappointed in a candidate I originally liked than I am with Harris. I really liked her uo until Janaury 20, 2021. Since then she has had no 'break out moments' in her Vice Presidency, nothing for Dems to cheer her on and put the spotlight on her, and laughs like a jackass at no matter what anyone says. I was excited when Biden picked her, but now I regret his decision. No wonder people ask 'Who do we have ?' if Biden doesn't run in 2024. Certainly, not her.

Such high expectations for a Vice President, r98? Have you had them for any others?

R99 Just the ones I liked - such as Gore and Beiden - and they didn't disappoint. Going further back, I liked Bush 41 as a VP, too (though I didn't agree with all his policies).

The ones I didn't like and expected little from were Cheney and Pence, and they didn't disappoint, either.

President Biden/We The People needed a "wartime" Vice President and Attorney General for these times and, sadly, neither Kamala Harris nor Merrick Garland are up to the task.

Vice President Harris is one overworked heartbeat away from the Oval, and Kevin McCarthy can taste the hairs on the back of her neck. I like to imagine Daniel Goldman waiting in the wings.

Oh yeah, Donna Hanover didn't used to be a blonde.

Remember when Obama was President, everyone was so disappointed with Biden as VP, I think at least half of DL wanted Obama to dump Biden for his second term.

Pence has such a distorted sense of self. I believe he is even more delusional than Trump.

r104, because Jesus told him PERSONALLY.

Who remembers this blond out-gay male muscle queen who used to appear frequently on Chris Hayes' Show? He's a former Republican turned Democratic Pundit who was big on the circuit party scene years ago. Can't remember his name, but I just saw him on a CNN panel. It took me a minute to recognize him because he's not as buff as he used to be, and has dark (natural?) hair now.

Still pretty handsome though.

Ah, a name please, or some other clue to search on. I'm intrigued.

R103 - Don't recall this at all. Everyone seemed very happy with Obama / Biden and the fact that they were able to get a health care package for all passed. They were great together.

Ari was on Bill Maher's show 'Real Time' last night as one of the panelists. He came across as so disinterested, and really kept his distance from Bill and the other guests - hardly contributing to the conversations at all. I got the feeling he owed Bill a favor, and agreed to sit in at the last minute. He looked pretty awful, too, as he's not aging well. The scruff on his face doesn't work with the skunk patch of white on the top of his head.

I can't with Paula Ramos and her fake accent, and this Chase Strange woman with a beard she has on as a guest.

Paula Ramos came across like the poor man's Rachel Maddow. Are they non-binary ? I couldn't take them - I watched about ten minutes and changed the channel. She was so dull and boring.

Ramos is perfect for her other job at VICE. I've heard they're on their last legs.

Ayman filled in for alot of ppl last week. It’s a shame they shipped him off to weekends when nobody watches.

Joe Fryer is filling in for Willie Geist on Sunday Today.

It appears that Katty Kay is taking over Morning Joe this President's Day Monday.

Already heard that it is a holiday Monday that Rachel is taking off.

I hope Chris and Lawrence are in.

And Smirky is back!

Chris Hayes is not in this week, Ali Velshi is filling in for him.

That means Stephanie Rhule will be out too…schools in the northeast are all off this week. So they are playing the parent card.

In that case I hope we see lots of new sexy unmarried talent at the anchor desks and in the chairs opposite.

[quote][R103] - Don't recall this at all. Everyone seemed very happy with Obama / Biden and the fact that they were able to get a health care package for all passed. They were great together.

You are misremembering, R108. Obama's entire first term DL ravens pecked out both Obama's and Biden's livers out each day, for four years.

Forgive me if you're still around, but I recall very clearly Dame Celestia Crackhead and David Ehrenstine (sp?) whaling incessantly on POTUS/VPOTUS from the time they won the nomination all the way to 2012. And those are just the two I remember by name/handle. It was exhausting.

But to be fair, outlets like MSNBC (especially Olbermann, Maddow, and that big red guy who ended up working for Al-Jazerra), Daily Kos, Slater, Glenn Greenwald, Glen Ford, The Young Turks (esp Cenk Uyghur), and Bill Fucking Maher CONSTANTLY saying shit like "He needs to MAN UP and handle this!" And constantly moved the goalposts when Obama did do what they wanted that day: "Yeah, we got the ACA, but what about DADT?" That was overturned, then it was "What about gay marriage? He's a homophobe, you know, just like the rest of Black America!" Like they were wanting him to whip out his BBC and start whipping the GOP with it, or going apeshit in public. Just racist as fuck.

And on and on. So please stop looking at 2008-2012 DL through the Doris Day lens filter.

Glen Ford, r119?

No, R120, not the racist White actor; it's the racist Black blogger.

Oh, I forgot to add Tavis Smiley and Cornel Whatshisname from Princeton. They actually staged a tour that could've been called "We Hate Barack Obama, and here's Ten Reasons Why."

You know, I'm really digging Lindsay Reiser. I'd never seen/heard her before last summer, but she seems completely comfortable as field reporter (I very much enjoy her NASA/general space-related coverage) and at the anchor desk.

She's both engaging and calm; I like her energy. I would prefer her in Jose Diaz-Balart's time slot, but I understand why he in that chair at this time is important.

Lindsay loves the ladies!

Ali is in for Nicole too this week.

This man is a workaholic.

As much as I support the Ukraine cause and was thrilled to awaken to the news of President Biden's visit this morning, I am so tired of Nicolle's BFF/Mike Schmidt lookalike, Igor Novikov.

Will Igor take over the 7pm time slot at war's end?

Our SEXY baldie, John Heilemann is back!

^ Thanks for the warning!

Nicolle’s makeup looks a bit off today.

Funny, but John Heilemann in a blue shirt looks like Mr. Clean.

NBC has launched a new 1 PM show going head-to-head with ABC's "What You Need To Know". The show is called "NBC NEWS Today" and features Joe Fryer as one of the cohosts; and handsome black man was the other host.

How many times an hour must Nicolle's producer hiss into her boss's earpiece: "IXNAY THE AUGHTERLAY!"

I really, really, really miss Steve Schmidt and his soaring eloquence alternated with hard stinging clapback ability. I kept hoping he'd show up during last summer's J6 hearings and last month's GOP Speaker shitshow.

I hope he is healing and we'll see him again soon.

Who is in for Rachel tonight?

R133, what happened to him?

Nicholle is a warrior Journalist WARRIOR.

She is simply cueing up Ari's guests.

What happened to Ari—Is Ali doing his show too?

Wow, Rashida did a quick shuffle.

Ari is supposed to be taking over for Hayes this President's Day holiday.

What is Chris Jansing doing?

What’s wrong with Steve Schmidt? 🙁

She could have set him up during the half hour that Nicholle picked up.

How about they get Ari's problem's under control and have Ari sub for Rachel?

[quote]What is Chris Jansing doing?

She has her own daily two-hour show at 1:00p Eastern, R138. I wouldn't blame her for ignoring the phone call.

WTF is that Reid woman wearing? Is she morphing into a big red lizard?

Oy!

At least Joy’s hair doesn’t look pink tonight

I was about to chastise you for your shallowness, r143...however...yeah, wtf?

Just tuned in cause I was so curious and kill me but I think Joy looks spectacular tonight. She's never looked this soft and pretty. That rosy red color suits her and her wig color.

I agree, r146...except for the scales.

Imagine Nicolle or Rachel in some scales.

Rachel in the house!

Something's up with Ari. Why didn't he show up? Is is contract up and he's playing games?

Does anyone know if MSNBC has a special connection to Van Cleef and Arpels? Sometimes I see an anchor wearing jewelry that looks like the Van Cleef alhambra collection.

R150 Ari was on Bill Maher's show this past Friday night, and didn't seem himself - he was rather quiet and didn't add much to the conversation. Wonder if he's still on the west coast, maybe not feeling well ?

R152: MSNBC somehow coerced Ari into appearing on the show, as he appears to hold Bill Maher in as much disdain as do the rest of us.

[quote] jewelry that looks like the Van Cleef alhambra collection

Nicolle has two pieces, a single pendant (her goto), and a necklace with 3 clover. I think they are gifts from Michael.

Initially, because of their color, I thought it looked like she was wearing the emblem for a weed dispensary.

Stephanie living that luxe skiing life.

And that chin.

Somehow Ali Velshi, despite his Indian descent, still manages to look very Canadian.

Where will Alex Witt be now???

Alex Witt won't be missed.

They sure are moving her along slowly.

R159 I think they want her show to be a hit and are carefully planning this out. They are probably grooming her to be the next Rachel, not Symone.

Jen should takeover for Alex Wags too.

I’m sure that’s the plan.

Back here where we teased him, 76 year old John Flannery *is* our Robert Redford redux now, leaving the original in the dust.

Looking good, John.

Touche, Ari!

Love Mr Flannery

"Inside with Jen Psaki" premiering Sunday, March 19. Just announced on Ari's show.

R166 - it was just announced 8 hours ago at R157.

Is it a Fantastic Voyage type of thing, r166?

Ah, okay. Apologies, R167 (I can't see R157).

R135/R139, sometime between the 11/2020 election and late 12/2020, Schmidt revealed he'd been struggling almost his entire life with memories of being abused/molested as a teen by his Scoutmaster. And he'd be stepping back from TV & SM for a while.

He just seemed so broken and sad.

R170 Must have been triggering when issues with one of his fellow Lincon Project founders came to light.

The Forewoman of the Georgia Special Grand Jury did an interview and Alex just showed some of it. She's a clueless twit. Also, she said the best moment for her was when she got to shake Guiliani's hand. They grow them extra dumb in the south.

Doesn't she know where that hand's been, r172?

Steve Schmidt's into podcasting - The Warning - from February 19:

Lord have mercy! That young woman was the FOREPERSON. Imagine the mindsets of her fellow jurors who chose her as their leader.

With this one flitting about and granting interviews, any conviction could be overturned on appeal. Deliberate sabotage? Stay tuned.

She was probably the pushy gen Z'er who kept waving her hand. Good, let her fucking do it.

As for the Rudy indictment, I get the impression she was outvoted and that he is going to be announced as indicted. .

It will be a different jury that would convict him, r175.

It’s ultimately up to the DA whether any indictments are made. The Grand Jury recommendations are basically suggestions.

R177: Any statements made can and will be introduced in any and all subsequent proceedings; please do not insult my intelligence with your insinuations.

What insinuations, r179? Nobody I've heard so far has said she's crossed a line. They can bring it up later (and most likely will), but it won't end up going anywhere.

[quote]It will be a different jury that will convict him...

You, in your far-off head, felt the need to educate me on the role and duty of the grand jury--that insinuation, R177.

Bug off.

Melania, is datchew?

R181 Quick, you forgot to vote for your own last 2 posts.

[quote] Love Mr Flannery

His skin looks so smooth and dewy and rosy and glowy tonight. What have you been up to John?

Will someone with integrity please leak the thousands of hours of Capitol surveillance video to the mainstream press, now that scuzbag McCarthy has gifted it exclusively to Sucker Carlson? What the fuck is going on?

Nicolle's hubby breaks that Smith subpoenaed Jarvanka.

I am the HORRIBLE vocal fry of Andrew Weissman who is onscreen on DWH right now!

Girleen! Clean up your fry please!

I mean...

I'm in love with Andrew Ross Sorkin. He just turned 46 the other day - he looks more like 36. Sorkin has a coloboma in his left eye that sometimes makes it appear as if he has two different colored eyes.

You can have Sorkin.

I'll take Timothy Heaphy!! What a silver daddy.

Nicolle & Katy lost their shows to that trial!

I get it that it’s a high-profile trial and we hardly ever get to see a murder defendant on the stand, but did that really require a live nationwide broadcast?

I felt the same way, r191.

If only there was a means to record and play back later.

Play *what* back later, r193?

R194, see R191 and R192.

[quote] did that really require a live nationwide broadcast?

Especially considering the ponderous line of questioning.

I tried CNN, they were airing it too.

This is shit for Closing Arguments with Mr. Blue Steel, Vinnie Politan

I think that Rashida gave the go ahead for broadcasting something other than Trump Indictment updates and Biden-Ukrainian War news.

I hope she saw the millions of people changing channels.

I think you missed the point, r195.

[quote] I get it that it’s a high-profile trial and we hardly ever get to see a murder defendant on the stand, but did that really require a live nationwide broadcast?

And when I tuned in to watch Nicolle Wallace, the "Breaking News" crawl at the bottom of the screen on MSNBC only said, "Alex Murdaugh being cross-examined." I'm sure a lot of viewers were wondering, "Who is Alex Murdaugh, and what the fuck is this?"

I dvr Nicolle and her show and we watch it at our convenience in a time frame that suits us. We also fast forward through the commercials and through segments that are either repetitive or lacking interest for us.

And get this: If it's a slowish news day or the show is a dud, for the reasons I just listed, WE CHANGE THE CHANNEL or watch another program I've dvr'd like a flick from TCM.

Thank you for sharing, r200.

Wow, Rashida has shut out Katie Porter from the CA Senate race and Barbara Lee is having her third interview in three days. Plus, they are replaying her campaign commercial. Wow.

I usually wouldn't mind, but the Senate needs a progressive Harvard Lawyer who teaches finance. Katie Porter is a BRILLIANT legislator. Barbara Lee brings nothing but checked boxes to this campaign. Kamala Harris was another brilliant attorney of color. If you compare Kamla, Barbara and Katie, aside from race, Katie and Kamala are most alike.

Rashida GRRRRL, do the right thing.

My streaming service processes the recording of the show in the cloud according to the filter I have defined. Currently it's no ads, no Jason Johnson, no mass shooting coverage, no hand-off to Melber.

I tried no Nicolle laughing for a bit, but the playback just came out too disjointed.

Wow. Really?

Yeah, I'm just checking in from 2026. ChatGPT's grandchildren are running things now, but they let us think we're still have control.

What is Mika wearing ???

Mika's wearing her uniform, which is a white or off-white shawl over a dark outfit.

Geez, they had to drop the last half hour of Morning Joe to go live to the Murdaugh trial and focus on his goofy looking son ?

OH, no, Rashida is all in for Barbara Lee, ANOTHER Lee segment, this time on Ayman.

Rashida, grrrl, why are you checking boxes?

I agree that we shouldn't have two men representing Cali in the Senate, but of Katie Porter and Barbara Lee, why aren't you supporting the more qualified candidate? Attorney General and California Senator Kamala Harris has more in common with Katie Porter than Barbara Lee. Face it, Barbara Lee is not a good candidate for Senator. She will end up like egg on your face.

UHGH, Rashida, bitch please.

Be honest, the only two people in Calif that have name recognition for that spot is Katie Porter or Adam Schiff.

I think that Barbara Lee has a Field of Dreams campaign. Announce it and the contributions will come.

Katie Porter has been fighting a tough race for years and has quite the war chest.

It is obvious that Rashida has it as her charge to even things up, even with a lesser qualified candidate.

Did Jen Psaki premiere her new show today? Anybody watch?

[quote] Did Jen Psaki premiere her new show today? Anybody watch?

Her show doesn't debut until March 19 (as noted by R166).

In the first two weeks after Katie Porter's ill-timed announcement I was averaging 2-3 pieces of fund raising email from her campaign - a day.

I don't think I've had to delete one in over a week now.

Katie Porter is keeping her powder dry.

Katie Porter kicked ass in Congress with her school teacher form of calling people out for their lies. And winning that spot in Orange County which is hard core Republican base was ground breaking. CA is starving for that kind of progressive show of strength right now. CA wants to move away from the wok stigma that other candidates like Lee seem to portray. You would never hear the end of it if CA put her in that job.

If Barbara Lee were an attorney, you know, skilled in the law, I would consider her.

But she ain't, Rashida, she ain't.

Has anyone else suffered from Ukraine fatigue on MSNBC this weekend ? I know it's the first anniversary of Russia's invasion but wow - three days straight of non-stop coverage ? I had to click over to CNN to escape it.

I got Murdaugh fatigue IMMEDIATELY.

Stop that shit Rashida.

I got black history month fatigue last month. It was black, black, black every show was about black issues. Oh you wanted to watch news about a different topic today? Good luck with that. MSNBC beats every topic into the ground with every show hitting the theme of the month relentlessly. I think it pushes more people away then it does to convert them. They seem to fail to understand the concept of less is more. Trying to imitate Fox News is not a recipe for success, it's a race to the bottom.

R216 Like the way Porter can cut through the bullshit, and cut the bullshitters off at the knees.

Yep, Porter is a fighter, and a cleaver one at that. I am tired of weak Democrats who are afraid to take on Repugs head to head. When they go low, we go high, bla, bla, bla. In this current environment, that doesn't work. You don't bring a butter knife to a gun fight.

[quote] anyone else suffered from Ukraine fatigue on MSNBC this weekend ?

Didn't watch much news. but surprisingly enjoyed Richard Engel's special report. It was highly produced with animated reenactments, not too too much Engel camera time, though he narrates the whole thing. It definitely conveyed a vision of what life was like under Russian military occupation - a few ordinary but resourceful young people and how the war altered their lives.

Jonathan Capehart is a misogynist.

He wrote an article and keep reposting it for days how Diane Feinstein should resign right now, so Barbara Lee can be appointed by the governor, so there is a black woman senator.

The optics on that was very Don Lemon of him.

Jonathan Capehart’s is pretty much a hot mess! I stopped watching his show before Tiffany Cross got fired. He just comes off like a shrill for the network. He may be “woke” and know his black history but he likes his men white and spoke out against Kwanzaa several years ago.

Obviously Jonathan Capehart couldn’t cut the Sunday morning prime spot.

Plus no one gives a fuck about his Aunt Gloria.

Why are all the gay men on that network black? It's like they have to put all the alphabet soup onto one person. If you just want to look at cold hard stats, the majority of out gay men in America are white if you want to accurately reflect America.

Where is Chris Hayes? He's been out for a couple of weeks now. Contract negotiations?

R228, I was wondering the same thing but Michael Steele said he will be back tomorrow, so we'll see.

His kids' spring break. Breeders.

But is Rachel in tonight?

Middle-Aged, Childless, Lesbian.

I just was going to post that, r231, lol.

Can we talk about Ayman’s thick thighs? I tune in to his show every week just to see those luscious ham hocks in tight pants crammed into that too-small seat.

Wow

Rep Barbara Lee is 76 years old, isn't that way too old to be starting a Senate bid? Not because I don't think she can do it but what will she serve, one term. You want someone who will at least serve a couple of terms.

R235

Tell Jonathan Capehart that before he starts shoving women out of their positions before they have officially retired.

Great show from Rachel tonight! One of her best in a long time.

Rachel started off strong but fizzled out by the half way mark. I was starting to shut my eyes.

Another Barbara Lee sales pitch, this time on Morning Joe. Is Barbara going to declare all this coverage as Contribution in Kind?

Rashida, stop it.

Chris tweeted one if his kids had appendicitis and then they had a planned vacation.

Does Melissa Murray have a portrait of Meghan Markle facing the camera in her office? On the right.

Speaking of 'fatigue', there's always Andrea Mitchell to consider.

Mehdi Hasan was so adorkable in his Morning Joe interview today, hawking his new book, funnier and somehow looking younger than he does when anchoring. I wish they'd give him his own hour.

[quote] As a Muslim, I struggle with the idea of homosexuality – but I oppose homophobia. I've made homophobic remarks in the past, writes Mehdi Hasan, but now I’ve grown up — and reconciled my Islamic beliefs with my attitude to gay rights.

It was interesting to read this piece because all I had ever heard and read was Hasan's disparaging remarks about homosexuality and gay men, yet I had read other information regarding the number - even if closeted - of gay Muslims.

I have all local news stations preempting broadcasts from 8pm to 10pm ET.

Can't wait to see Gym Jordan make an asshole of himself.

What, R245?

Did Ari just reference Ron's DeSantis' hole?

I believe R245 is referring to live coverage from the House on C-SPAN tonight.

Who is this aged Harvey Keitel lookalike bragging about having an eight month old child? (Rep. David Schweikert [R-Arizona])

Is that the DoJ hearing?

What channel is it on?

OMG, Hot Psaki has met her new stylist and shows up on Alex Wagner cut and BLOWN. Wooo-hoo!

Beautiful make-up.

And a non-green dress. Such a tricky color.

Noticed that as well, r250.

Sexy Jake Ward on Stephanie’s show admitting he’s a TikTok addict.

Where has Jake Ward been all my life?

I want to climb that tree.

Nerdy good looking, tall, thin, and therefore likely hung. Married. Oh, well.

Merrick Garland Senate Hearing on C-SPAN3, 10:15am ET.

Marsha Blackburn's lower face, neck and décolletage area look like a mess of raw chitlins!

Looking bad, girl; cover up!

R255 You shouldn't be looking at her décolletage area.

My décolletage area stinks.

R250, she did not look that good. Looked a bit frumpy and the studio lights were over highliting her make up.

She also seemed nervous too, stammering in her responses. Couldn't get her talking points straight.

Love the woman but it was NOT her finest performance.

BRANDON !

We need to help Katie Phang’s brows ….

More people need to know that Katie is an attorney.

She is brilliant.

Hay, Rashida, let Katie replace Alex Wagner.

Ew, no, r261.

Thank God, Steph got her hair under control. Last night it was goin' every which way.

Good thing, too, r263, because Murdaugh reporter Avery Wilks is very hot.

Charles Coleman SOOO HOT!

Katie Phang is a former Repug. Cant be trusted.

Wow Paula Poundstone on MSNBC? Wasn't she charged with lewd conduct on underage little girls? I thought that was why she was banished from TV.

I tell you that I am liking Morning Joe Weekend. The best segments of the week are awesome.

R265

Daddy!

Early Andrea. No stuttering and stammering in 1986.

Another one

One more

Is Charles Coleman gay? My gaydar is off the charts.

Speaking of Andrea Mitchell, there is an episode from way back when in which she was interviewed on air by Don Imus during his show in which he asked about her role in the Valerie Plame leak investigation.

The answer she gave him under his intense question has always bugged me because I closely followed the Valerie Plame leak story during the Bush Administration and it was obvious that there was both criminal wrongdoing and also negligence at work when the name of Ms. Plame name was leaked to the press. And Andrea does not come out looking good there!

Joe is going with Mika to the rich women's bash in Abu Dhabi. She can't do anything by herself.

DL fave Vaughn Hillyard is covering the CPAC conference. I fear for his safety.

^^^ Danger! Danger! you know the rest...

[quote]Joe is going with Mika to the rich women's bash in Abu Dhabi. She can't do anything by herself.

Let's hope they lose all satelite and cable transmissions. If there's one thing I don't want to hear anything else about, it's this women's summit in Abu Dhabi which features the 'great Billie Jean King' as a keynote speaker.

I am sick of Mika and her damn conference. She is such an elitist cow.

Love Mika and her sane counterpoints to Joe's rants. And I do like a Joe rant.

No one promotes their shit more on national tv than Joe & Mika. Isn’t that against the rules?

Nope.

Elise Jordan’s eyebrows were lopsided today.

Ashley Parker looks fat.

I was watching Vaughn Hillyard this morning on Morning Joe and I was wondering: has he dyed his hair a darker color?

I saw hm, too, R285. I thought it looked like he had a hairpiece, and I had never noticed or thought that before.

Maybe it's a piece and it had been colored and styled? Maybe his Instagram would tell the story.

Vaughn was wearing Joan Collins' minge today.

If it's 9pm on a Monday, that means it's time for Maddow Monday.

Who works less on this network—Chris Hayes or Stephanie Rhule?

They are both parents.

[quote] I was wondering: has he dyed his hair a darker color?

It does appear way darker, and suspiciously mono-toned, when compared to his earlier more natural look.

R291 - maybe he thinks having darker hair will make him appear like a more serious journalist.

It’s too early to deal with Mika & her girlfriend summit.

Plus questioning putting a Womens Summit in a place that is Anti-Women.

Here I am thinking I am watching MSNBC and all they want to do is run clips of Fox News because of this damn lawsuit.

And they say MSNBC is "liberal media."

What happened to "Lean Forward" ?

R295, I honestly believe the problem with postmodern news organizations is NONE of them are run by actual journalists. Or writers. Or former beat reporters. They're all run like the entertainment industry they're now a part of. Lazy, fearful, small, incurious, and smug. Slave to ratings, corporate groupthink and interference, and Communications/MBA graduates.

[quote]Here I am thinking I am watching MSNBC and all they want to do is run clips of Fox News because of this damn lawsuit.

Are you unaware how huge this is, r295? The result of this suit is going to have big repercussions.

I live for the day Tucker Carlson publicly meets his "Have you no decency, sir?" moment. Wait. It will happen.

r298, that will never happen as decency has left the Republican Wheelhouse.

Lawrence is really fucking good at this.

Yes, he is.

I bet nobody calls him Larry.

What's going on at MSNBC? Chris Hayes now appears to have undergone the same color dye job as Vaughn.

Who's next?

Can anyone spill the tea on Angelo Carusone?

I've never been bothered by the degree to which Nicolle Wallace smiles or laughs in the course covering issues. It never really seems incongruous or ultimately unserious to me.

I just happened to notice that Chris Hayes does pretty much the same, perhaps even more so. Also mostly when speaking on the hypocrisy or absurdity of a topic.

I've heard plenty of ragging on Nicolle for the practice, but Chris seems to get a pass.

He looked better with Nicolle today, and he does have a core hotness, but why does Eric Swalwell usually look like an unbathed barfly in a suit? It's eerily akin to the look many members of that cruisey cult have, including, it must be said, Mr. C himself?

Eric Swalwell is one guy whose look is NOT enhanced with scruff. He's better clean-shaven.

OTOH Ari Melber just removed his neck tie on camera (don't ask why!) and unbuttoned 2 (!) of his shirt buttons. But there was no chest hair peeking out which really surprised me.

I've seen other pics of Ari with his top shirt buttons open and it appeared like he does have chest hair. It may be that it just doesn't rise up high enough to see it unless he has enough buttons open to make it more obvious.

Maybe he shaves his chest hair.

Sorry to have missed that moment!

R307 His high school photo clearly shows his facial bifurcation.

The one half would like to beat you up, the other wants a hug.

R311 My, what big ears he has. Great for holding on to when he's...

Personally, I find Swalwell better with the scruff. He does look like a drunken barfly, and one willing tio give you a very homoerotic experience in bed.

Swallwell has low hangers. You can tell here…

Maybe he just is a drunken barfly?

[quote]OTOH Ari Melber just removed his neck tie on camera (don't ask why!) and unbuttoned 2 (!) of his shirt buttons.

Gadi Schwartz talked him into doing it.

r313, the low hangers, are standing next to Ruben Kihuen. The Congressman who was Frankened by the Me2, movement.

I hope he runs for NV-1 when Dina doesn't run.

R313 No shit, my god. I can see why Roger Stone was salivating over him.

He could easily be confused with Dahmer.

Has this thread gone Subscriber Only?

Chris Hayes no longer works Mondays.

Not to do the handoff to Rach Madds?

Is he pulling a Rachel?

Rachel's makeup is weird. Too-pale lipstick and eye shadow (above and below). It's all making her teeth look yellow.

Rachel is in 30 Rock this week. She's got her 30 Rock hair.

Sad to say she really does look like Eddie Munster tonight with this pale white look.

Not pale, no widow's peak.

Aymen had Katie Porter on criticizing Elizabeth Warren for going along with the deregulation that allowed SVB. Rachel looked pained when he mentioned Warren's "teaser". You could tell that she got Warren out of habit when she really should have had Porter on.

Nicolle's show has been my one "record every day" MSNBC program for about 2 years.

About a year ago her show doubled to a 2 hour time frame.

On beyond the issue of the now too lengthy time period, I'm currently struggling mightily with the show content and skipped most of it today because I saw how it began (again) with all sorts of supposition and guesswork about what this latest round of Cohen testimony involved or what this or that reporting showed us could be happening, etc.. blah blah blah..

I was in and out of the room a few times while my partner watched the episode. Via such passing, I heard Nicolle or a guest say "...we don't know..." or variations of that phraseology I don't know how many times!

And to make it not only redundant but mind-numbingly irritating to listen to, we had Andrew Weissmann doing his best of the Weissmann brand of bad vocal fry as per his norm.

Jeesh! Get a grip on this crap, MSNBC! Tell me when YOU KNOW SOMETHING or WHEN SOMETHING NEW DOES HAPPEN! If all you have to offer on Nicolle's show is guesswork and filler content, cut the program length back!

I went through all of the "...Muller knows where the bodies are buried..." stuff with Ari and Rachel, et al and years earlier agonized as I expectantly waited through the leak investigation prompted during the Bush Administration when Valerie Plame's identity as a CIA agent was intentionally leaked. We all expected that justice would be served when prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald was appointed to lead a federal investigation. We thought the scum who connived together on that would all be brought down. But no. Only Scooter Libby, v.p. dickhead cheney's chief of staff went down for the crime and the dickhead and the other corrupt ones skated.

The bottom line for me in my now further advanced years and state of mind is: DON"T STRING ME ALONG WITH g'damned GUESSWORK! BRING ME THE FACTS ONLY!

R326 I watched the interview and I understood it as Porter and Warren were on the same side.

Yeah, r328. I don't think r326 watched Liz on Rachel's show.

I watched Elizabeth on Rachel, and they ignored Porter's comment. Anyone have it on dvr who can verify that Katie said Liz voted for the rollback?

Lawrence O just showed footage of Warren from five years ago, fighting against the rollback. I don't see any evidence of the contrary.

Which is why I was questioning if I heard what I think I heard from Katie Porter.

I believe Ayman will be repeated during the early morning hours - check your guide, and DVR it.

Brilliant r333, he was in for Chris Hayes.

[quote] Has this thread gone Subscriber Only?

Dunno, I've got an old non-subscription account, haven't been able to post to any threads since December - at any hour of the day. Been meaning to ask Muriel what I did wrong.

R332 Katie says about the 2018 rollback of regulations

"It was bad then, I said it was bad then, and I was not alone, there were other folks, including Elizabeth Warren who pushed against this."

"this" being the rollback. Porter has proposed repealing the rollback.

R327

Nicolle is obsessed with1/6 and “blockbuster” reporting, which most of the time is a bit clickbait.

Everyone else has moved on as that being the main story & NW is stuck in the past.

r336, thank you. Then I heard it wrong.

R327 Her many many regular guests are equally invested in that "obsession", as is her audience. So she is hardly alone, regardless of what you tell yourself.

I had the same thought today. Blah blah blah blah blah —day after day. Even if there is no real news. The story’s not going away. You can cover other topics until something happens.

I love Dean Baker. First time I've seen him in years, on with Ayman.

As far back as 04 and 05 he was a lone voice speaking out on the insanely leveraged housing market, while people laughed at him and called him chicken little. And then they all cried - no one saw this coming - and expected to be bailed out

Chesty Morgan Chesky knocked some broad up.

Do we think MSNBC is testing out Sean Patrick Maloney for bigger things based on all his recent appearances with Nicolle and others? I think big handsome whip-smart Sean would be a great anchor.

Nicolle is obsessed with 1/6.

As well she should r344!

[quote]If all you have to offer on Nicolle's show is guesswork and filler content, cut the program length back!

These shows are for liberal politics groupies. They eat that stuff up and never get tired of hearing about it, even when there's absolutely nothing new to say. It's a very niche audience, just like the Golf Channel is purely for golfers. For everyone else, it's impossibly tedious. But there's apparently enough of those groupies to keep their ratings high enough that advertisers are content.

I tune in from time to time to see various eye candy (I like to see if Chris Hayes has bulked up any more or if he's gotten his carb issues under control) but that takes five minutes and then I turn it off. I can't imagine listening to several hours of people speculating about Trump's legal troubles or January 6 prosecutions for the umpteenth time. (I never see Nicolle Wallace but Alex Wagner seems like the worst offender at the moment.)

Only if Lawrence is leaving. Rashida has her quota of white guys without Law Degrees.

I really don't think MSNBC is the cable news network for some of you.

Ooops, He has a Law Degree.

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r347

^...Umm. Dont' think he has a law degree. In fact, when he has a panel of lawyers on (which is pretty frequently) he often says..."as the only non-lawyer at the table." His father was an attorney, having notably attended law school at night, while working as a policeman in Boston. He wrote about his father in DEADLY FORCE

Not Lawrence, you mook. Sean Patrick Maloney, has a law degree.

R327, she's also one of the last anchors still holding onto the "BREAKING NEWS,, redhead.

The WSJ did an interesting opinion piece circa 2018 on Deadline:White House.

The gist of it was that while Trump is in office many have these former Republicans and "insiders" had plenty of daily content from the administration controversy of the day. Will the format hold post Trump.

I think it did not. I don't mind the extra hour, but Breaking News cannot be a minor detail to add to a story to something we've already heard plenty about.

Joe is not on Morning Joe today. I miss his snarkiness but Mika holds down the show with dignity and intelligence.

R353 = Mika Brzezinski.

So funny but Mika is losing her shit this morning.

Go Mika!

Yeah, Mika was pulling a Joe this morning by asking questions that seemed more like long rants and lectures than questions.

BTW, I liked Steve Rattner's new super-sized charts.

MJ normally really misses a beat when he is absent.

He is absolutely the "glue" that holds the show together and propels it's best discussions forward. Mika supposedly is that "glue" via her assigned roles such as reading the teleprompter to open and or close segments, etc. but she lacks the deep analytical skill set level that Joe and various regular or special guests bring forward.

The m watching Morning Joe and Mika is the solo host, no Joe and no Willie or Mika-stand in Katty Kay. She’s berating Heileman because she doesn’t think he’s taking McConnell’s support of the Capital Police report on Jan 6 seriously and wants footage replayed. The other guests are trying to calm her or eye rolling each other. Joe should divorce her and marry Katty, a journalist!

I missed that Mika-induced drama this am and only caught 20-30 minutes of it live. The highlight for me was the Guardian reporter who spoke of a fed investigation that looked at money that came in to fund tRUMP's truth social platform. Money laundering was given as the possible source. When the segment ended, a bit too suddenly for my taste,I was left wondering where the investigation stands now.

What did everyone think of Mark McKinnon's outfit today?

Gorgeous Senator Chris Murphy 🍀

[quote]What did everyone think of Mark McKinnon's outfit today?

The first thing that came to mind was:

Joe Buck (from Midnight Cowboy), 35 years later

Here's the proof on Porter and Warren.

When Joe was ripping on DeSantis's softball arm the other day (Wheeee!), I was actually laughing out loud, repeatedly.

Everyone also seems to be picking up on the DeSantis "in heels" line these days. It's such good fun.

Lawrence tonight...wow.

^^^ What'd I miss? Anything new?

Is it worth taping the later rebroadcast?

Why do fucking Hallie Jackson's producers think we want to hear fucking phone notification dinging sounds throughout her program? Do they think we don't get enough of that sort of sound when we're not watching her program? It's incredible how stupid these people are.

Yes, r365. Tge Grand Jury stuff in GA is *very* compelling. Lump in your throat compelling.

^The

Forgive this really uninformed (ok, ignorant) question, but will the members of the Grand Juries who rule on the various Trump cases, should he be indicted and stand to trial, be composed of ordinary citizens? How the hell do they find and choose those people? How could they ever find jurors who wouldn't be at least somewhat biased, one way or the other?

Would you want to be on those juries?

r369, you need to watch the first season of Bull.

R366 She still has a program?

Kacsmaryk, the right-wing judge ruling on abortion medication, looks like a total graduate of Exodus conversion therapy. In his senate confirmation session, he tilts his head from side to side like a teenage schoolgirl.

Converts are the biggest zealots.

Molly Jong Fast quotes Politico so take her with a grain of salt.

Thanks for the answer about Lawrence's show.

I forgot to set it to be dvr'd later overnight but I've just now found the Wednesday episode via the MSNBC online site.

"It's gonna be massive", is the opening quote of the segment and it's repeated twice.

And of course the newest news-making line on that Fulton County, Georgia Grand Jury probe is that they listened to yet another (3rd) tape of a tRUMP conversation with a major Georgia political figure, i.e. the recently deceased GOP Speaker of the Georgia House David Ralston.

And to his credit, Ralston held the line against the tRUMPian interference and refused to go along with what tRUMP wanted done.

Lawrence...

"It's gonna be massive" - I thought he was referring to Ari Melber's dick, once Ari got it hard.

I cannot come to terms with these grand jurors who keep speaking publicly about their trials. How can this be permitted?

It's GA. The only thing they're not allowed to talk about is their deliberations, r377.

Honestly, it seems in trials of this national magnitude, it's odd that the jurors aren't being sequestered.

It has national magnitude, r379, but it's still not a Federal trial. The good thing about that being that he can't be pardoned.

Also a reminder, r379, these aren't the jurors who will ultimately decide Trump's fate at trial.

R371, Hallie Jackson is on NBC News Now.

R381 Right, has the indictable jury been impaneled yet? Seems like the chatty jurors might make that more difficult.

R383 Wait, there's yet another grand jury, even before the trial jury? This is gonna drag out forever.

No, r384, I believe *this* jury was the one that deliberated over whether they recommend indictments or not. They've obviously recommended indictments.

Yet, the AG doesn't have to follow their recommendations, correct ?

Correct...I believe, r386. But it gives the AG some back-up to indict.

[quote]Honestly, it seems in trials of this national magnitude, it's odd that the jurors aren't being sequestered.

This is NOT a trial. It's a grand jury inquiry.

I can't believe how complicated the grand jury system is.

Too much time was spent this morning on Morning Joe rehashing The Dubai Ball.

[quote]Too much time was spent this morning on Morning Joe rehashing The Dubai Ball.

Agree. They should have spent more time talking about The Lucille Ball.

R385 That's what I thought, but after a search found that the previous grand jury was a "special case investigative" grand jury. They can recommend to Willis whether to bring charges. If she agrees, then she needs a regular grand jury to seek the actual indictments, which sounds like more of a formality.

Then comes the trial jury, the one that counts.

R392 It's all fucked if the regular grand jury has to hear from the witnesses as well.

What is a special purpose grand jury? A special purpose grand jury is seated to investigate one topic and has no time limit. It can subpoena witnesses, unlike a regular grand jury, but can’t indict someone. Instead, it makes a recommendation to prosecutors on whether to move forward with charges.

A regular grand jury is seated for a set amount of time and hears a wide range of cases. It ultimately can issue an indictment.

The beginning of each block of Morning Joe today included a declaration of each guest/contributor’s Irish bona fides. It started to get super-cringey watching Joe insist Mara Gay was Irish, leaving her to explain her heritage. It was all just a bunch of “my (fill-in-the-ancestor)’s name was…”. Eyeroll

For extra cringe, within the first minute Heilemann was interrogating poor Mara for saying she liked (Univ. Of) Michigan sports. She did NOT look impressed.

Just FFwd’ing thru the third hour and actually Mara looks more like she just realized she forgot to douche because she’s smelling her pussy.

There is no worse experience, R396.

Napolean to Josephine "I'll be home in 2 weeks. Don't bathe."

The Trump breaking news about him saying he will be arrested on Tuesday has blown up the MSNBC schedule. Katie, RACHEL! and Lawrence are in for the first hour of Velshi.

I hope Rachel doesn’t have to throw out her show on Monday night. The freaking news is coming fast.

Did Jonathan Capehart complete a single sentence this morning?

Katie's phone interview with Michael Cohen didn't go as planned. She wanted to know by him if Stormy Daniels' testimony was important to the DA, and why she hasn't been called in yet. Cohen wouldn't answer no matter how many different ways she asked, getting rather angry she kept asking. He turned the interview around and Katie gave up on asking about Stormy.

Lawrence O was just a phone-in, and he sounded a bit exhausted from St. Paddy's day.

Let's see what Rachel brings to the table ...

r401, that’s one of the reasons I stopped watching Jonathan. The constant verbal stumbling he does was like scratching nails against a chalkboard.

I'm in love with Sam Stein. He should have an OF page.

They’ve had Michael Cohen on every show even though he says he won’t tell them anything. So tiresome.

I'm not getting the Michael Cohen obsession with MSNBC either. Is he paying them to be on their shows and plug his book ? Plus, he talks like a wannabe-thug.

Nicolle Wallace has him on every single day.

[quote] [R401], that’s one of the reasons I stopped watching Jonathan. The constant verbal stumbling he does was like scratching nails against a chalkboard.

I stopped watching him after his interview with President Biden when he said “Mr. President, I’m scared…” ugh

I want to like him, but he’s just too much of a Miss Priss.

Jonathan can be totally annoying for the reasons stated above, and also for his insistence on referencing everyone by stating their occupation before his or her name (FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE Clinton, MAJORITY WHIP Clyburn, etc.). It's sort of customary for journalists to do that, but he makes it a point to do it every time. I wanted to hurl something at the TV this morning when he kept saying SPEAKER McCarthy. How about just saying "Kevin McCarthy?" If anyone is not worthy of the title of Speaker, it's that asshole.

I get the feeling Jonathan is constantly being barraged in his ear phone by his producers to help guide through segments but instead of helping, it just trips him up. I can't think of another MSNBC anchor, even a substitute anchor who performs so badly on air. I'm sure he's very smart and a good guy but he's just not cut out for the job. And he's not improving. Today he even seemed worse than usual.

I like Capehart, and don't mind that he gives his guests their proper title. Sure he trips up a bit, but I think it's because he's trying too hard at times to be correct.

As for this morning (being worse than usual) let's not forget this whole Trump news was shortly breaking before he went on air - so there really wasn't much time for his producers to prep him.

How tragic for a news anchor not to be able to succinctly report the news.

They were all a mess on air this morning. Disorganized, stumbling, bad production cues and on and on...

R412 He's not a news anchor - his role at MSNBC is a political show host / political commentator.

I thought it was interesting that this is the news they covered all morning and early afternoon. Whenever I switched to CNN during commercial breaks, they weren't covering this as much. I just caught a few glimpses of coverage then they went to something else. As for FOX - they didn't mention this at all (from what I saw on and off this morning).

Jonathan isn't a news anchor, r414?

How strange then that they keep flashing BREAKING NEWS under his name.

[quote] He's not a news anchor - his role at MSNBC is a political show host / political commentator.

The line separating news anchor from host/commentator is becoming fuzzier all the time. When there is breaking news, "hosts" and "commentators" like Capeheart have to become de facto news anchors, and many of them suck at it because they have no training or experience in anchoring a newscast. It used to be that you had to spend years toiling away in small-market TV before you were ever given the chance to host or anchor a live network TV news show.

MSNBC used to have Brian Williams on call to step in and serve as news anchor whenever when there was breaking news. Now, they have no one in that role. (Stephanie Ruhle replaced Brian on "The 11th Hour," but she's not a designated breaking news anchor.)

Food for thought: In the stumbling game sweepstakes I'd like to see Jonathan paired up in a competition against CNN's Anderson Cooper. My god, but Cooper has been doing this for so long and yet he has a difficult time in "completing a sentence" without stumbling, stopping or starting over. It drives me up a wall!

And that is essentially the same complaint which was made here earlier-on gripe about Capehart.

Katie Phang was horrible this morning running the breaking news. Some people are meant to be just analysts & not anchors.

Katie is one of those people.

Katie was phenomenal this morning skating the wave of really Breaking News, her Booth/Producers and her panel. It was amazing. A true professional.

[quote]As for this morning (being worse than usual) let's not forget this whole Trump news was shortly breaking before he went on air - so there really wasn't much time for his producers to prep him.

Welp, that’s too bad. Steve Kornacki did okay when he had to abruptly take over Chris Matthews’ show when Chris quit MSNBC live on air. And Yasmin Vossoughian did okay live on air from the Capitol grounds on 1/6/21 when all hell broke loose. Some people are professionals, and some people are Affirmative Action hires who can’t cut it.

[quote]How strange then that they keep flashing BREAKING NEWS under his name.

R416 At ABC, when there is 'breaking news' happening at 10:00 am, Whoopi Goldberg starts The View with "As we are coming on air, there's been breaking news about another school shooting in Texas this morning..." I've seen this many times over the past seven years or so. She reports breaking news about shootings, Supreme Court decisions, Trump's legal problems...whatever is breaking across the news cycle as they're going on air.

It doesn't make Whoopi a news anchor just because she starts the show off with 'breaking news'.

Set to record Inside with Jen Psaki. Hoping she takes us inside. But there's been such a long build-up, expectations may be unreasonably high.

She handled Colbert's questions deftly, with a little spunk even.

She just needs to have a cooking segment and maybe a craft segment every so often.

She no Kelly Clarkson

r422, The View is under the ABC News division. It makes The View a NEWS SHOW.

Katie Phang and Jonathan Capehart both need to go.

Let them contribute, but they ain’t no anchor material.

Katie is an attorney and gives depth to her interviews. She is golden.

[quote]She just needs to have a cooking segment

Not before I get one first!

Jen Psaki is going to play the mom card and remind women if you didn’t push a baby out of your vagina then what are you.

r430, so you are not a feminist?

Where’s Katie Phang this morning?

She fucked up the Breaking News yesterday & now missing.

Good Sunday. Excited for Psaki's new show finally (although it maybe overhyped). Aymin is in for Velshi this AM, so we'll see him twice.

Although I like Velshi. I want him to read me a book with a wine glass in his hand.

R426 So Whoopi is now considered a news anchor and journalist because the show is under the News division at ABC ? Same with Joy Behar when she is moderating when Whoopi is not there ? Seriously ?

What time is Jen's show on today?

12 Noon EST

Ayman has been covering for Velshi all morning. 2 hours of Ayman = 2 hour erection watching him.

Pence has been all over tv today and I wish he would just STFU and go pray somewhere.

Pence just strikes me as a real snake-oil salesman.

Interesting Joy Reid hasn’t wished Jen Psaki well on her new show like all other anchors have on twitter.

Totally, R439.

r434, have you never watched the show? Sunny does the legal responses and corrections.

I never said Whoopi was considered a news anchor and journalist, just that The View has a higher legal standard for reporting political news than, say, all of fucking FOX.

Nothing about Psaki's show?

I liked it. Inside with Jen Psaki went outside on the subway. Interesting.

Let your woke flag fly’: Psaki picks apart GOP’s war on wokeism

Psaki should have remained as Press Secretary. That Affirmative Action hire he replaced her with is not very good.

Jen's first show was fine but nothing special, nothing new. I think she's at her strongest with an adversary as she mightily proved so well as Press Secretary. With guests who agree with her views there's just not much there.

It also came off today as over-scripted, not a moment of spontaneity. Hopefully, it/she will improve in time.

[quote]Hopefully, it/she will improve in time.

It/she will.

R442 The original discussion was whether or not Jonathan Capehart was considered a 'news anchor' because he covered 'breaking news' on Saturday morning. I disagreed in referring to him as a 'news anchor' - I said his role on MSNBC is that of talk show host and political commentator. I said he was as much as a 'news anchor' as Whoopi or Joy Behar is when they open 'The View' with breaking news.

Someone said 'The View' was under ABC's News Division, so again I asked - does that make Whoopi and Joy news anchors because they sometimes open the show with 'breaking news' as they're going on air ?

Nothing has been mentioned in the discussion about 'legal responses' and 'legal standards of political news' , Sunny Hostin, or even FOX news until you just interjected this into the conversation.

R443 - I started a thread when I was watching it.

Ari Melber is in for Nicole today. I wonder if she's anticipating a long day tomorrow.

This Robert Costello testimony could be a game changer, unfortunately. Can't wait to hear Michael Cohen's response on the 6 pm hour of Ari today.

[quote]This Robert Costello testimony could be a game changer

I'm not worried.

I wish this wasn’t the lead indictment.

r454, you don't know that. It would be brilliant if Bragg had a half dozen counts to go with the indictment.

Chris Hayes is remote & working on a Monday.

Wonder if Stephanie Rhule will work a full week too?

Maddow time.

Rach Madds on a fucking roll !

Valerie Jarrett's daughter, Laura, is a Harvard law grad and a MSNBC legal advisor. Rachel must be stuck to her seat.

Laura Jarrett is gorgeous! Had no idea she was Val's daughter.

Thank you, Lawrence.

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R459 She seems to be showing up more on NBC programming than MSNBC, where she also tends to get a friendlier reception.

[quote]Valerie Jarrett's daughter, Laura, is a Harvard law grad and a MSNBC legal advisor. Rachel must be stuck to her seat.

I didn’t realize Jarrett was now at NBC. She left CNN fairly recently.

And this morning we get a peek at Andrew Weissman's stylish hip kitchen. I assume because of the exposed water pipes in the ceilings and the industrial style doors, he lives in a Soho loft?

R465

I think he lives in a loft in Brooklyn, but I can't find an address.

And he is married, right? I think he’s hot.

R467

Andrew? Yeah, marred with a son. He pings big time but I'm petty sure he's straight.

I think he's hot too, but then I have a thing for nerdy Jewish boys.

Most gay men think I'm nuts when I give examples of the types of men that I find attractive.

Charlie Savage is cute but he always looks like he's fighting to stay awake.

Thanks, R468. I think we probably like the same type of guys!

Do you like Andrew's vocal fry too?

I find it extremely annoying, to put it mildly! His version of fry is about the worst that I regularly hear from a man in the media these days.

So are we now going to have to endure a daily dose of John Kasich?

John Kasich, R472, is, like Nicolle Wallace & so many others on the channel now, a Never Trumper. Rather than being churlish, they all should be welcomed. We’ve been living through a great realignment, with many (mostly) less educated former Dems becoming republicans, while the ranks of former republicans helping Dems win electorally.

[quote]So are we now going to have to endure a daily dose of John Kasich?

Yasss. MSNBC loves it Republicans!

^Nicolle Wallace, Tim Miller, Charlie Sykes, Rick Wilson, & Matthew Dowd for starters.

Is Nicolle on vacation this week? Too bad John Heilemann can't sit in, The Circus is currently in progress. Ari Melber did a good job yesterday and I wouldn't mind if he did it.

Three hours of Ari flew by. Two hours of Aymen, not so fast.

Is there a hot, Black or Arab, Muslim, Female Attorney Rashida could put into motion?

Jesus, these Trump lawyers.

Did you see how much his hands shook?

LIAR.

They still haven't learned to not go up against Ari.

[quote]Do you like Andrew's vocal fry too? I find it extremely annoying, to put it mildly! His version of fry is about the worst that I regularly hear from a man in the media these days.

Kourtney Kardashian has less vocal fry than this dude.

I for one would love to be up against Ari.

Love, love Lawrence. He's emphasized why the Stormy payoff was so significant to Trump's win. And he didn't use the "slept with" euphemism. He said they had a sexual encounter.

Is Andrew broadcasting from his lavish bathroom? Is that a shitter in the background?

[quote] Do you like Andrew's vocal fry too?

I love when he starts his answers with a long slightly sibilant "Sooo...".

ping, ping, ping.

Joe is yelling?????

R487 - this happens only on days that end in a y.

I missed nearly all of MJ this a.m. What was he yelling about and did it warrant the yell?

R489 A $1500.00 couch, and merchandise return credits at Lord & Taylor.

^^^ Thx!

All relevant, eh?

So what's the deal with Chris Hayes? He was there on Monday, out on Tuesday, in on Wednesday, out again last night.

R492

Chris’ wife is in Hawaii, so maybe that has something to do with the absences. Although for a few weeks now, he has been out on Mondays.

Don’t get me started on Stephanie Rhule and the amount of days she takes off.

And don’t blame it on the kids, because Nicolle Wallace has a school-aged kid & doesn’t take that many vacation days.

What happened to Katie Phang?