MSNBC - Part 50

Indictment Special tonight at 7:00 PM with Rachel and the usual others.

Ramaswamy is eating Andrea Mitchell's lunch and laughing in her face.

Who thought this would make for a worthwhile interview? You're losing me, MSNBC.

So, it looks like Stephanie Ruhle is corrupt and unethical.

Are any of the above posters, nonpaying?

Please hold off until MSNBC - Part 49 reaches 600.

Open for business on this thread

Are there any more legacy children working at MSNBC?

Does Chris Hayes not work Fridays now either?

[quote]The DNC, which inundates my junk email account daily, is fundraising off of "Jennifer Rene Psaki", celebrating her move to prime time on Mondays, with an online poll and survey questions about her performance. Seemed a bit surprising as she's no longer in gov't.

She's probably going to be used as a media surrogate for a few campaigns during election season, so the DNC wants to poll how favorably she's viewed.

Ok I’m here for 50!

How nice for you, r10...how nice for us *all*.

R9 I know she's still a bit of an up-start as a media personality, I wouldn't be surprised if they've had their eyes on her as a potential candidate in the future.

Can't believe Alex Witt is on Stephanie Ruhle's Friday panel.

R13: That was a pleasant surprise!

I was also happy with Jose Diaz-Balart's choosing Celia Cruz as his pick and announcing the news of a special collection Barbie doll and a quarter coin bearing her likeness to be issued next year.

Azucar!

For MSNBC fans here, there's an awful lot of you who seem to hate MSNBC.

Following!

(My thread watcher button doesn't seem to be working)

The more we love MSNBC the more critical we are.

I was happy to see sexy Ayman filling in for Alex on Thursday night. What kind of cologne do we think he was wearing?

Do we think Alicia Menendez will show up for work tonight?

[quote]Do we think Alicia Menendez will show up for work tonight?

Chris Hayes, Alex Wagner, Rachel Maddow, Stephanie Ruhle hardly ever show up. Why should she?

r18, the scent of old lamb fat.

R20

YESS!!! Alex Wagner worked 1 day this week, so she is now on the Maddow schedule.

R18 - whatever it is, I suspect it's too much.

Ali Velshi in for Alicia.

[quote] For MSNBC fans here, there's an awful lot of you who seem to hate MSNBC.

Lurkers and trolls. Wingeing over who didn't show up for work.

[quote]Does Chris Hayes not work Fridays now either?

He actually did the show on Monday -- his "last" Monday before Jen Psaki takes over the slot next week -- so perhaps he took off on this Friday because he'd already done his usual 4 days. He also had Psaki on his Monday show and mentioned that he could still be seen in the slot on Tuesdays through Fridays.

Chris, Alex, and Lawrence were all off this Friday. Maybe their contracts stipulate they get the Autumnal Equinox off.

Alex Wagner had terrible laryngitis on Tuesday night, could barely get through her show, so It was no surprise she didn't show up the rest of the week.

Chris Hayes will be pushed out soon so Jen Psaki can take over 8pm five days a week.

R29

Agreed, Chris Hayes is done st MSNBC.

He is no Rachel even if he pretends he is on her level.

Not a Christian, Alex.

MSNBC pushes polls time and they all of a sudden are asking questions about Alex. Time to move to NBC Now?

What happened to Katy Tur?

Maybe she and Alex can join Hallie Jackson at NBC News Now.

Anyone else surprised (impressed?) that Cassidy is making her TV interview debut with Rachel as opposed to one of the prime time news shows like Dateline or 20/20 with Diane Sawyer? Of course, 15 years ago Barbara Walters would have been a no-brainer.

On my guide this morning it’s showing Cassidy will be featured on this morning’s CBS Sunday Morning, so maybe Rachel won’t actually be the first interview? Or maybe Rachel’s will be the first LIVE interview. We shall see.

I suspect Cassidy will be EVERYWHERE in the near future. Gotta sell that book.

Rachel better not be easy on this girl.

Cassidy is still a Republican which means still a Trumper.

I don't think Cassidy is the kind of woman that would let a celebrity shove his fingers into her pussy.

Rachel should ask her… “if Giuliani raped you and you became pregnant, you agree that you should be forced to give birth?”

Alicia Menendez must have been told she can’t anchor this weekend.

I can't even imagine remaining civil and composed in public as Giuliani touches you and gives that cryptkeeper grin. Punch the creep and loudly berate him for the scumbag that he is.

Mika copies what Joe says & puts her own spin on it.

Except, r40, at that moment she wanted to keep her job.

Yes, like the guy who let Matt Schlapp sniff his taint.

R43 Not to mention, "pummeling his junk". If things go his way could be worth millions.

I think Alicia Menendez will not be heard from again on MSNBC.

Steve Schmidt is BONKERS, but in a good way.

I agreed with that Charlie guy that Nicolle has on sometimes. He said the media needs to stop talking about Trump like he's a normal candidate.

They would take Alicia Menendez off but keep Andrea Mitchell & Kristen Welker on ???

[quote] I think Alicia Menendez will not be heard from again on MSNBC

Is that because she already knows the Egyptian government needs a new procurer? Oops! I mean, “consultant”?

Maddow time.

Mommy Nancy & Rachel all in 1 night!

The word that keeps coming to mind when I see Cassidy is...lovely.

I don't know how Cassidy could have worked in that chamber of horrors.

Jen Psaki likes to talk to people with her head on a slant. As she keeps talking, and gets more intense, her head twists just a bit more.

I’m worried that if she really went off on a monologue, her head might start to spin around like Linda Blair’s.

Alicia is so screwed.

I hope not, r55. I like her.

I had no idea she was Menendez' daughter until he was indicted this last time.

She shouldn't have to bear her Dad's cross.

No, she shouldn't, r56.

Based on her pre-show appearance with Jen, Rachel should consider the no-hairspray look fulltime. It was working for her.

Joy Reid spent a considerable amount of time on her show bashing Senator Menendez and talking about what a garbage person he is…which is all true. It seems totally unfair to these other hosts to have to censor their own comments to avoid offending a fellow employee who happens to be his daughter. It’s just too awkward having Alicia working at this network with such a major story involving a family member.

[QUOTE]Steve Schmidt is BONKERS, but in a good way.

The bonkers was realized internally at Lincoln Project by creators and colleagues who no longer retweet or quote tweet him in any way. He's on his own island on his Twitter account, unless I missed something recent.

Yes, I'm familiar with their internal turmoil with Weaver and Schmidt's admission to being a victim of childhood sexual abuse. But there must have been something more for such a cut-off.

As an 11 year old I fully remember getting a chubby while watching Alexander Butterfield testify in the Watergate hearings. Even my dog took notice.

R47 - Mika earlier this (Monday) morning basically said people need to stop interviewing Trump as if he were a normal candidate and treat his lies as lies and not allow him to continue on.

I presume that was a reference to Welker's interview.

So how did Rachel do with Cassidy?

Out of the country so I missed the interview. I thought I'd come here this morning to lots of scathing remarks.

I wish that Maddow hadn't spent 20 minutes reading aloud from Hutchinsn's book before actually interviewing her. I love Rachel, but she shouldn't be so in love with her own voice.

R64, it appears that you like to be entertained rather than informed.

Joe this morning again bragging about his success in politics. Has he ever talked about why he left office in the midst of such a glorious career? (And don't bring up the dead intern; I think that's been successfully debunked.).

Joy looked great last night. Her stylist is on point.

Ugh, Eddie "Blue Glasses/I Can't Vote For Hillary" Glaude on the MJ panel this morning. I guess it's time they read him again on Twitter.

Not on Twitter. What did he say?

Not at all, r65, I'd rather heart the story from the author herself, not through the host reading from her book.

I'd always liked what Eddie Glaude had to say until I read about that 'I Can't Vote For Hillary' bullshit.

There are a whole lot of people that should publicly beg for forgiveness. He's one.

Can't find him being dragged on Twitter. Any hints as to where we can see some push-back on Glaude?

^This Twitter link is from actress Yvette Nicole Brown, who read Eddie for filth and had a lot of people backing her up. He even responded at one point.

Thank you, R72.

I'm pondering this tweet in the thread:

[quote]Man Flo @themanflo Aug 10

[quote]My opinion, we have to let it go and keep the focus on the immediate danger that is Trump. We need every soldier we can get, the fallen ones included. I think he's back on track and that's good enough for me. We can't fight each other, too much on the line. Eyes on the prize.

Worth considering?

He may be back on track but it seems he is attempting to erase his past. He blocks people that call him out. And he took his name off his Time Magazine article "My Democratic Problem With Voting for Hillary Clinton."

But there are many insufficiently repentant Republicans. Charlie Sykes is one. The MJ people. At least Tim Miller owns his actions.

I wonder if anyone has ever called out the MSNBC anchors for continuing to elevate him without putting his conversion into context?

^Good questions. People have a problem with Nicolle always featuring him (Eddie) on her show given his problematic voting history. I have seen that he blocks people who call him out, and he has said on Twitter that he regrets not voting for Hillary, but I think he should not appear on these shows without at least addressing what he did and how he's trying to make up for it.

Not trying to defend Eddie as I'm no fan either but how do you really know he hasn't been on an MSNBC show or 2 or 3 over the years and addressed his regrets? Do you watch Eddie 24/7?

He might have, but I've never seen him admit on TV to not voting for Hillary. It's him and people like him who are partially responsible for the mess this country is currently in.

I ADORE Steve Schmidt. He's so erudite and heartfelt, and I really missed him while he was away fixing his brokenness.

I'm loving Joy having him on her show these last few weeks. His podcast is worth the subscription. He reminds me of the old network stalwarts like Newman, David Brinkley, or Ralph Wiley who also did not suffer fools.

Plus my sister and I call him Nomi (my late Maine Coon) because he and SS have the same "Asperger-y" mien. That spectrum gaze. Kinda sweet and almost fragile.

^^ Newman^^

Wtf, Muriel? When did she make E D W I N off limits? Who even is that person--a banned poster or something?

^^ In any case, I mean the great E D W I N Newman.^^

^ We thought you meant Paul.

R70, so context is lost on you.

WHERE IS NICOLLE????

Must you yell, r82?

R77 I like Steve, but always enjoyed when Brian Williams, as fellow Jersey boys, would tease him about his over-the-top Montecito trophy home. He genuinely looked embarrassed.

Alex Wagner really going after Alicia’s dad tonight.

Love Cassidy's charmeuse blouse.

Nicolle Wallace interviews her tomorrow-Cassidy is doing the rounds!

It will be interesting when Alicia returns: "And so, we can now all agree that Bob Menendez is a corrupt liar who is an embarrassment to his party and his constituents. He needs to resign immediately. And that's tonight's show. Now, it's time for The Last Word with Alicia Menendez, who's filling in tonight for Lawrence O'Donnell. Good evening, Alicia!"

She's so screwed...

And you know what sunk him? The optics of those gold bricks.

I prefer Lawrence's interview with Cassidy Hutchinson much more than Rachel's.

Different dynamics, r91. I'm just so struck every time by Cassidy's ...I dunno...grace under fire.

Lawrence had Cassidy on the whole hour. He is an amazing interviewer. Better than Maddows.

Does anyone else think Ari has a juicy hairy hole ?

Your only post in the thread, r94?

Joyce Vance initially unrecognizable on with Steph, giving a sassy behind-the-ear hair tuck. Momentarily thought it was the lopsided Betsy Woodruff Swan.

Missed Lawrence's interview and gonna search for it. If anyone has a link in the meantime, I'd appreciate it. TIA!

Did he ask her why she's still a republican?

Ari’s hole is definitely hairy, probably musky.

Love Ari, love a hairy hole. For some reason have no interest in exploring his. I just get no sexual vibe from him whatsoever??

Funny, I get total private perv vibes from him.

Nicolle sounds like she has a cold.

I was just going to post that she sounds congested, r101.

It would be nice if whoever draws Professor Eddie Glaude, Jr.'s name in the MSNBC Secret Santa draw would gift him with a thesaurus. If not for stigmatized "day drinking," I would start a drinking game for every time he says "existential!"

Ack!!!

Another word that comes up for me regarding Cassidy is...compelling. With every interview I'm glued to her words.

[quote] I would start a drinking game for every time he says "existential!"

It's not just Eddie, though, who says this. "Existential" has become the word of the moment. Every crisis is now an "existential crisis." Every threat is an "existential threat."

She has amazing poise for her age and lack of public appearance experience. Nicolle apologized for the tickle in her throat today; maybe she was out sick yesterday , but wasn't about to miss interviewing Cassidy.

Nicolle, take the rest of the week off and get better. Ask Heilemann to cover you.

Molly, could you lose the term *killing it*?

Joy's panel was great tonight.

Michael Steele should sit-in for Nicolle in her absence.

Nicolle asked Cassidy if she would vote for Biden.

She is still a Trumper if she doesn’t vote for Biden.

Maddow get hair spray and her black velvet blazer.

What did she say?

I think I know what it would take to get Chris' shoulders to finally fucking relax.

He looks so tense tonight! His shoulders are pretty much massaging his earlobes as if he was an angry crocodile.

Chris needs a thorough and intimate exploration and massage of his nether-regions. Hands, fingers, tongue... should any other tools be involved?

[quote] Every crisis is now an "existential crisis." Every threat is an "existential threat."

I know, it's almost like it's uh, what's the word? Unprecedented !

[quote] Ari’s hole is definitely hairy, probably musky.

I would agree. Thank you for your support.

*off to find the lube bottle*

Two days ago, I got the impression Nicolle was working on her Elizabeth Holmes. Guess she's just ill.

Joyce Vance had her Ring Light on at heat lamp level yesterday. I couldn’t even see her features; only eyes and mouth.

Watching Reps Dan Goldman and Jared Moskovitz stand next to each other on MJ this morning is giving serious vibes of these two:

President Biden is making a really good speech about democracy.

Yes, indeed, R120! It should be aired during network primetime.

R120 I watched a couple hours of Fox recently. The hosts, guests, even a couple of less hard right commentators, everyone is selling the idea that Biden is senile. Flat out, accepted fact, certifiably senile. How do they get away with it?

And it's not like 90% of them would have a clue what to do in the job, or could handle his schedule. It's shameless.

Mika is in Studio N-1 in DC. Joe is in New York. Tiday.

Senator Chris Murphy 🔥🔥🔥

Did he get some botox?

Katy Tur said today that she will be on at 11:00 PM Saturday night, right before the expected government shutdown.

I'm loving the hot nerdy Ben Labolt, WH communications director on with Chris Hayes now. Checked his Insta and the 3 names I recognize of his followers: Phil Rucker, Chasten Buttigieg and Jeremy Peters. Hmmmmm........

Colin Allred is one HAWT, HAWT man. He is the Trifecta.....gorgeous, articulate, and with the right politics. I want him to be MY daddy.

Totally agree about red hawt Allred!

And he is our hope of defeating the execrable Ted Cruz. I mean, who wouldn't vote for Allred over that disgusting twat?

R125, et. al

Have we spoken enough about Katy Tur? Ever since she had the second baby, she seems less interested in the gig.

And YES, the frau haircut is awkward! They don't have the hair & make up team helping her round out that 'do? It looks like she cut it herself!

Love the perky, sassy chin cut.

Will Alicia Menendez show up today?

[quote]Katy Tur said today that she will be on at 11:00 PM Saturday night, right before the expected government shutdown.

Good, she can stay home now.

Katy Tur seems chronically disgruntled and annoyed. She seems like the type who will have a meltdown on air and walk off the set permanently, a la Chris Matthews.

Katy Tur needs to be fucked by her hot husband more and calm the fuck down.

Her career is in the crapper.

Alicia is BACK.

So I guess Roberto did not cost her a job!

[quote]Katy Tur needs to be fucked by her hot husband more and calm the fuck down.

Hopefully her husband got snipped or she got an IUD. She doesn’t need any more kids.

Her kids must be toddlers by now and driving her nuts.

She’s also stepmom to her husband’s two children from a previous relationship. Four kids is enough to drive anyone crazy.

The self-induced Karen haircut is a cry for help.

Isn’t Katie one of the hosts that’s rumored to be mean to her staff?

Remember when Katy Tur used to flirt with Ari Melber during the handover from Meet the Press to The Beat.

[quote]Is she wearing any jewelry that looks like gold bars?

We still love you, Alicia!

Anyway is this Steven romo

Steve Romo is hot but reeks of low self esteem.

Goodness, r144, he looks so...so...AI.

Lmao that is not him

I’d take thicc boy Ayman over Steven Romo all day.

R127 So pretty.

Alicia Menendez is a class act.

She sure is. I felt pained for her, but she handled her speech well. It’s unfortunate that her father is a cocky lying scumbag, and guilty as fuck. She’ll be tormented by his corruption until the trial and subsequent conviction is over.

Team Alicia.

Who else gets the feeling Alicia was probably against her father's new relationship from the get-go? That first introduction to the now-Mrs. Menendez had to arouse the suspicions of an adult daughter who knew her father's weaknesses and was trained as a journalist to uncover the truth.

Alicia's first words to her father when the second scandal broke? "I told you so!" (Followed by: "fool me once...")

I can only hope the scandal raises Alicia's presence on MSNBC. She' one of the good ones.

Am I weird or does Molly J-F sound like Gilbert Gottfried.

Two things can be true at the same time, r154.

I was (pleasantly) surprised to see Alicia hosting her show this evening. I actually thought she might be off air for a while. Good for her.

It used to be that MTP with Chuck Turd rerun lead off the Monday schedule before Way Too Early With Smirky Lemire. Welker got the position for a couple of weeks but now the third rerun of Jen Psaki is the new week lead

Thank you Rashida. .

Jen Psaki will obviously sub for Chrissy when he is on vacay, who is gonna sub for her?

Rashida has to put someone marginally crappy in the the position making people scream for Jen to return...

SYMONE!!!

LOVE Symone and her nails and makeup.

I love her multiple time zone hips.

How does she wipe her ass with the talon nails?

Those nail extensions are the only way she can reach her ass.

Dan Goldman for President 2028!

My god, that man is charismatic. Incredibly impressive appearance with Jen Psaki tonight.

I understand these women wanting to achieve modesty, but Psaki girl, that blazer was two sizes too big!

Maddow time.

That sad man.

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If Floridians ever wise up and kick Matt GAYtzz out of office, he can easily find work at a mortuary doing makeup on the corpses.

You can pretty much measure his level of stress by how thick he layers it on.

Alina Habba should know better than to re-up her lip injections immediately before a high-profile event like the Trump trial. A week or two can make all the difference between fish face and duck lips.

Who does Matt Geatz’s botox?

r171, it’s Dr. Frankenstein.

I'm terrible. Seriously. I'm no better than a NASCAR watcher waiting only for a pile-up.

I'm waiting for this vote to oust or retain McCarthy to end so I can see if a physical fight breaks out.

Remember when somebody had to be physically restrained from Gaetz during the Speaker election?

I think McCarthy is gone. All Democrats are voting to oust him, as well as some Republicans.

Vacated, beyotch.

Nicolle couldn't help herself from smiling when she spoke of Trump's gag order.

Nicolle said that the McCarthy ouster has "destroyed" the Republican Party.

All credit due to Hakeem Jeffries and his caucus.

Well, actually McCarthy was just following Gaetz's orders (until he didn't) and Gaetz is following Dump's orders so.....you all know very well who "destroyed" the Republican party.

I'm not sure Ali Vitale's vermillion peasant blouse is doing it for me on this most historic and unprecedented occasion in Congress.

God spare us sniveling Stefanik.

GOOD LORD! Chris Matthew’s looks like SHIT! 😳

Well, he must be 80 years old.

Chris Matthews still sounds the same, though.

Chris Matthews looked like he was Skyping from inside his coffin.

Prediction, they take 45 days to replace Kevin and launch another CR for after the New Year....

It is such a joy (no pun intended) watching Joy gather and get these fuckers together. She tells it like it is and pulls ZERO punches about all of them.

Matthews is "only" 77. Looks like he's been spending too much time in the sun. Maybe he's got a boat. You can tell he'd be itching to come back if they'd take him.

Brendan Buck is HAWT! 🔥

Why the fuck does Joe have to yell so damn much? So fucking annoying.

But it's interesting how Chris Matthews has been gradually welcomed back on so many of the MSNBC shows. Rachel, no doubt, will remain a hold out.

Is there a bigger blowhard on television than Mike "Man of the People" Barnicle?

Barnicle has been a verified asshole since way back in his Boston days, and when he resigned from The Boston Globe he went to work for the NY Daily news.

He's always mixed insight with fake news.

[quote]It is such a joy (no pun intended) watching Joy gather and get these fuckers together. She tells it like it is and pulls ZERO punches about all of them.

R187, I was SO pissed off at both Rep. Swalwell and especially Michael Steele in their Reidout segment about McCarthy's ouster yesterday. Steele pushed back on Joy to the point of being rude and combative, and Swalwell for all his fiery interviews during the Trump years is now acting like a craven politician going along to get along.

This is EXACTLY why I don't trust ANY of those Republicans littering MSNBC, CNN, and the editorial sections of the press. And just this morning on MJ, Joe went gangster on Mika when she voiced support for K-Mac's ouster, and she didn't deserve any of that vitriol.

So-colled "Recovering Republicans" Nicolle, David Jolly, Jennifer Rubin, Bill Kristol, David Frum, John McWhorter, I'll forever side-eye you, too.

The only three reformed Republicans I have mad respect for are my beloved Steve Schmidt, Kurt Bardella, and Richard Painter (BTW, whatever happened to him? I never see him anymore), all of whom actually left the Republican Party AND joined the Democratic Party.

^Yeah, I saw that, and I was a bit taken aback by the look on Michael’s face when Joy spoke about the gerrymandering in Fla. and NY that won the Repukes the slim House majority. I was screaming “IT’S TRUE!” at my tv screen.

Barnicle's always bringing up the working class worried about how to feed a family or feeling safe on the subway. He's married to a very wealthy, powerful woman and probably hasn't been on a subway in decades.

I loved when as Boston Brah's Lemire would good-naturedly taunt Barnicle, he wasn't having it, and would actually get hostile. Smirky's learned by now.

Andrew's office (NYU?) so mundane when compared to his stylish loft.

r194, I get so fucking tired of this 'the Democrats aren't getting the message out' bullshit spewed by Michael Steele and other "former" Republicans and unfortunately some of the "liberal" media. I truly belive most of America are paying attention to the Republican clown show and combine that with the Democratic leaders who are getting the message out and the work that Dems, especially President Biden, AGE BE DAMNED, are doing for the people will be remembered and awarded come 2024.

Jake Sherman is pro-McCarthy and spouting shit that Dems should have saved his ass.

Jake is a turd 💩

Woo-hoo, Alex is going *there*.

Poor Alicia.

Jake Sherman is an access journalist 💩

All it takes is the mere mention of Sherman to flush out the scat lover.

Glenn Kirschner has the loveliest pale aqua eyes.

Silly me for never realizing that Glenn Kirschner is HOT.

Like...duhhh, r206.

I'm sort of just discovering Joy Reid. I record the whole gamut of MSNBC programming, and watch my favorites, out of habit, which has changed over time. However, it never included the ReidOut. I'm now entering my Joy period for the first time, keeping an open mind, and so far have been pleasantly surprised/impressed.

Sean Penn on with Lawrence, his body looks great, the skin on his face and neck as revealed in his Ukraine doc, is a wreck. Even compared to Chris Matthews 15 years his senior. You get the sense that contributing might be that he's still a chain smoker.

Who does Willie Guest’s makeup? a mortician? Jesus!

I was surprised how fairly inarticulate Sean Penn was. But he seemed very emotional about Ukraine so it may be due to that. Bravo to him for doing the good work.

WTF was going on with his hair dye?

Joy has had an incredibly interesting physical transformation from her first appearances on MSNBC. Hair, wigs, makeup, wardrobe, weight loss, etc.

Morgan Chesty....errr....Chesky....is BAAAAAAACK! And he's at the southern border in a tight black polo!

Katy Tur: Please get tested for RSV, if you haven't already done so. Your persistent cough isn't letting up, and RSV is contagious. My friend contracted it in the hospital, and is now in "isolation."

Be well.

[quote]Morgan Chesty....errr....

R209 Sean seems to have developed a bit of that RFK Jr. voice.

Haven't seen Nick Confessore in a long time. He's looking great!

Does Eugene Daniels ever contribute an original thought to the discourse?

I'm surprised he dared show his face again after the way the Morning Joe regulars derided his wearing a brooch and nail polish earlier this week. He seemed clueless to their ridicule at the time.

Oy.

[quote]Katy Tur: Please get tested for RSV, if you haven't already done so. Your persistent cough isn't letting up, and RSV is contagious. My friend contracted it in the hospital, and is now in "isolation."

People (parents, educators, daycare workers, etc) who are around small children are always getting sick with something or other.

How come Katy hasn’t jumped on the 4 days a week schedule??

[quote]Joy has had an incredibly interesting physical transformation from her first appearances on MSNBC. Hair, wigs, makeup, wardrobe, weight loss, etc.

Joy has definitely had some “looks”.

Da Fuck with this Eugene Daniels queen.

[quote]People (parents, educators, daycare workers, etc) who are around small children are always getting sick with something or other.

Congratulations, R219. Who knew we'd have our very own McArthur Genius Grant recipient among us?!

So proud! So proud!

P.S. RSV is real, blood clot. Don't be so dismissive of proffered warnings.

Does Eugene Daniels have any other purpose in life besides appearing on MSNBC all day long?

Joy Ann Reid and Robert Redford frequent the same toupee maker.

R225 Harsh.

The truth hurts on occasion.

r218, how did the Morning Joe crew “deride” Eugene Daniels’ brooch and nails? That sounds fucked up and homophobic

R224 - Re Eugene Daniels

Nice presentation but, sadly, Daniels does not live up to his in-house produced hype.

Eugene Daniels is HORRIBLE.

No fluidity of speech, never incisive, clever, or witty. And his Young Black Wolfman look ain't cute in any way.

From watching or hearing him I have never been inspired to read any of his columns, and as soon as a host calls his name I change the channel or find something else to do.

I don't get all the hate for Eugene Daniels. Has he changed a great deal? In the past I've liked him and his contributions a great deal.

I'm not sure how different a brooch is from the ubiquitous flag pin; they're both performative. Though I have to admit, the nail polish look is asinine. Especially ruinous on a very attractive man.

Does Tim Miller ever get grief for his pearls?

All those photos of Joy's wigs and hairdos in r221 are fun but I wanna go back to Joy's very first appearances around 2015 when she wore a very simple classic dull brown straightened auntie look with little makeup and school teacher's tops.

Ali & Ayman are a perfect duo for this coverage, no matter their stance on Israel.

Medhi is too emotional and anti-Israel to do breaking news coverage.

Symone is the girl to cover breaking international terrorist attacks.

Joy is so much more attractive without the hair show.

[quote] I don't get all the hate for Eugene Daniels.

I think it's mostly just one poster who is always criticizing him in these MSNBC threads.

I do not care for Peter Baker at all and don't know why they ever have him on.

Maybe it's for balance, R238, because he seems to be quite the Republican.

His both-siderism is unparalleled.

I always thought Tim Miller was wearing puka shells.

I assumed pop-it beads.

Nah, it's a string of pearls. It's a thing.

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I seem to recall Tim Miller wearing a puka shell necklace a few years back, R240, before trading it for his now signature piece pearls.

Apropos of nothing in particular, Joy has been married for 26 years.

From her middle period - with peek-a-boo shoulders. She looks happier today.

Ali Velshi is probably on his way to Israel to report.

Told you…Symone just announced Ali Velshi has arrived in Jordan.

NO MEDHI because he hates Israel.

Bless Alex Witt. 🙏🏼

MTP, MTP!!!

They dried out Peggy Noonan and gave her the Pleska seat! Peggy and Andrea? Is this a 70s tribute show?

Oh Medhi Hassan lost his show with good reason.

Ayman & Ali are the winners for coverage and the bosses at NBC/MSNBC knew Medhi could not have his 8pm hour spewing progressive bullshit.

MJ is off for Columbus Day? A jerkoff holiday.

[quote]Medhi could not have his 8pm hour spewing progressive bullshit.

Not progressive bullshit.

So Rachel has a holiday Monday off. For war time coverage, this is pitiful.

[quote]So Rachel has a holiday Monday off.

Where do you get that, r253?

Rachel observes it as Indigenous Peoples Day.

Ari Melber is quite good at explaining things.

R239, Peter Baker is no Republican.

Ayman looking yummy on Joy!

[quote]Ayman looking yummy on Joy!

Is Joy telling him to get off?

Rachel is on tonight w/ hot Daniel Goldman.

Jen Psaki is an excellent interviewer.

[quote] Peter Baker is no Republican.

His 18-year-old son took down the president of Stanford.

Whatever Chris Murphy has been doing, he needs to keep doing it. He's serving slow burn on MJ.

Senator Chris Murphy looked very fuckable today on MJ.

One doesn't have to be registered as a Republican to advance Republican talking points in the way you frame and write about current events.

As Josh Marshall says about Washington DC, most news persons are wired for Republicans. (Mostly the males, but that's another discussion.)

For an astounding major example, consider how the NYT covered Hilary Clinton versus how they cover - or didn't/don't cover - DJT's various criminal actions. Consider even what gets printed above the fold vs what gets printed below the fold or somewhere buried in the A section.

Though that seems to be controlled by editors, it doesn't change the argument about the difference between coverage of Democrats vs coverage of Republicans.

Consider, for example, Clinton's emails versus DJT's spilling of nuclear secrets. Or more currently, what the NYT has to say, or doesn't say about DJT's discussing Israeli national security with the Russians. See if you can find an analysis of how those actions may have been a contributing factor in the current conflict.

Peter Baker and the like are in in for the clicks, and we all suffer for that.

How far to the left must one be to think that Peter Baker is a man of the right?! I just read his (& his wife Susan Glasser’s) takedown of Trump, The Divider, & think it’s - so far - the most definitive book on Trump.

I’m nervous for our pretty Raf Sanchez, currently reporting in some scary-as-shit situations.

Ali Velshi must like living dangerously. He's in Israel and when war broke out in Ukraine, he was there at the beginning. Hope he gets hazardous duty pay.

Next stop Taiwan.

War, war, war!

R267 - maybe Richard Engel protects him when the cameras are off.

Three days in and already I'm so sick of Richard Engel and his G.I. Rick "stunt" journalism. Remember when he was "kidnapped" in Syria? What's in store for our hero this time?

You just know that deep down, Nicole Wallace is itching to change the conversation from Israel, back to trump.

R272 He's a hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured.

[quote] Next stop Taiwan.

You have to believe the PRC is asking themselves, is this the perfect time to make our move?

r273, me2. Where is the document that Mr. Smith filed today in the Espionage case?

Sexy Senator Chris Murphy on MSNBC 2x today.

Dude looks hot as fuck, especially when away from his transactional political spouse.

Anderson Cooper is reporting from Israel!

Is he wearing a tight black tee shirt?

Is anything but the Israeli war being reported or discussed? The news from there is so horrific I'm watching MSNBC less right now, I just can't take it, but every time I check in there's no other news.

Would this make Dump happy or not?

Is Stephanie Ruhle sobbing?

SMH

For all of Rashida’s girl power on the anchor desk at MSNBC, looks like they’re only sending the boys to Israel.

^That's always been the case, r282, even with domestic mass killers in a Texas church, school or Walmart, a Wisconsin Sikh temple, or Jewish synagogues in Pittsburgh, PA or Wellington, NZ.

And thanks for not mentioning Christiane Amapour and her journalistic efforts you undoubtedly consider either paltry or in lack of good faith.

[quote] looks like they’re only sending the boys to Israel.

They should send Symone Sanders and Alex Witt to Israel. Would love to see the two of them reporting on the chaos while dodging incoming fire.

Damn r284! 🙁

R282 was Rashida the one who sent Yasmin V out to the field on Jan 6? Seems like Yas is good at field reporting.

They wheel Andrea Mitchell out for CERTAIN foreign exchanges, but never catch her in a war zone. (She went to Europe with the Biden Admin).

Maybe the women all have kids at home?

[quote] Would this make Dump happy or not?

Apparently, he's not too concerned. Judging by his first public event following the Hamas attack.

Gey Symone in the field!!!

[quote]They should send Symone Sanders and Alex Witt to Israel. Would love to see the two of them reporting on the chaos while dodging incoming fire.

Symone is a WIDE target.

[quote][R282] was Rashida the one who sent Yasmin V out to the field on Jan 6? Seems like Yas is good at field reporting.

They also sent Vaughn Hillyard out to the Capitol that day, and he looked like a complete amateur. Yasmin did do a great job…she’s far better in the field or with breaking news than she is with a scheduled anchoring hour.

[quote]For all of Rashida’s girl power on the anchor desk at MSNBC, looks like they’re only sending the boys to Israel.

I’ll cut that bitch if she tries to send me to a fucking war zone. And I’m also demanding a 4-days-a-week schedule like special Chris Hayes got.

Team Yasmin.

What do they say? Karma is a bitch.

^ Not karma, as the fall happened in 2014.

Ok. In 2014 HE was 9 years younger than today, and HE FELL down the stairs. Anyone can fall regardless of age.

Is there such a thing as pre-Karma?

Karma is the reappearance of the vid when it can come in handy.

Only if you believe in reincarnation. I must have been a murderer of millions in another life in another dimension for all the horrors I am living through here.

Dear God, who at MSNBC is in charge of the makeup. Garrett Haake looks like a corpse and Morning Joe’s Willie Geist made me jump with fright one morning with the makeup job he had.

I have the MSNBC Make-Up Budget.

r300: Mika, GURL! Less is more bitch!

It's horrific and tragic, and today the continuous coverage just become too much for me.

Had to step away to comforting YouTube analysis of the SBF trial, and new Santos allegations.

Wonder what meds Steve Scalise is on for his blood cancer?

He's got that creepy dilated prednisone glare.

What are Andrew Weissman and Joyce Vance going to do now that MSNBC has become wall-to-wall Middle East coverage?

Taking a well deserved break. I believe that Katie Phang is still live in Georgia when necessary.

Rashida is just being cheap. She is furloughing the high-priced MSNBC consultants and using national NBC feed reporters.

She'll change when viewers start leaving the All the War All the time MSNBC.

There's something about NYT's Ronen Bergman.... yum-yum cutie.

Or is it just me? ;o)

What is Nicolle Wallace doing not being able to report on Trump?

I'd feel better if all of the reporters in Israel would wear helmets. Hamas is currently firing rockets at Tel Aviv.

When did Lester Holt become a Klingon?

Mika looks quite legendary in black this morning. (Watching the first MJ repeat on Peacock at 7am PT)

Mika looks legendary in black, this morning.

(Watching the 7am PT repeat on Peacock)

We have all witnessed Axios' rise and fall.

Interesting that MSNBC is not using Jihad but translating it as Anger. Going out of their way to remove religion from the war.

They employ a large staff of Muslims.

Smart move as it isn't a religious war.

I Joe on a one person mission to save the defective AXIOS?

He said he was personal friends with management, and he has the crazy googly guy on now that Alexi has fled the burning house.

R317 is Mika, slurring after her fifth Titos/diet-cranberry.

Isn't Jonathan Swan with Axios?

[quote] Mika looks legendary in black, this morning.

Valkyrie-esque. Just needed a fan to blow back her hair a bit.

Why the fuck is Ari’s narcissistic ass getting 2 fucking hours? Joy Reid’s the real journalist. He’s a legal contributor.

He looked so bummed yesterday to have to hand off to Chris just as the news about Scalise was breaking.

Nathan Thrall is a pompous little bitch and an apologist for Hamas.

[quote] Isn't Jonathan Swan with Axios?

No, he left Axios for the NY Times.

Why doesn't Swan appear on MSNBC any more? Why must we settle for his wife?

Well, Ari is Jewish. Perhaps that has something to do with the decision to give him 2 hours on the war.

[quote]Joy Reid’s the real journalist.

R325, aren't you talking about Peter Baker?

Had to turn the channel away from Chris Hayes. His pro-Hamas bullshit was too much. He had Rula Jebreal on just to nail down the propaganda stream.

"The Circus" called, and they want their Alex Wagner back.

Shots fired 🔥

And where are the Jewish broadcasters? Isn’t Ari the only one???

This alleged MSNBC "censorship" antic, if true, will result in viewer and staff backlash.

Team Velshi, Hassan and Mohyeldin.

Does anyone know if Yasmin Vossoughian is a Muslim? Her parents are Muslim Iranian immigrants. It’s unclear if she herself identifies as a Muslim.

[quote]And where are the Jewish broadcasters? Isn’t Ari the only one???

Josh Lederman. He’s mostly a field correspondent.

No, R328, Jonathan Swan’s wife, Betsy Woodruff Swan - not Susan Glasser, Peter’s Baker’s wife - is the MSNBC regular.

I've noticed that Mehdi has been absent from MSNBC since the conflict started. But Ali Velshi has been reporting live from the Middle East, and Ayman anchored his regular weekend shows.

Thanks r336!

r328

Yasmin is from Iran & she has been on last/this weekend.

Mehdi hates Israel, so think that’s why he was taken-off. He is pre-empted tomorrow at his slot for special coverage.

Ayman & Ali have been on as guests this week, informative conversations from them.

Someone should interview YV about Nixon and Kissinger and Savak.

Ayman was at the Anchor Desk today.

Think that article was more for Mehdi who is anti-Israel & could not anchor in good faith. 2 weeks he has been shelved.

Ali & Ayman have been on air, it’s Mehdi who has been eliminated.

Tells you something abt how no one trusts him to anchor fairly in time of war.

If Brian Williams were still at MSNBC, the would be in charge of anchoring the network's coverage of the conflict. His role was to be the breaking news anchor and the veteran journalist. Since Brian left (retired?), MSNBC doesn't really have anyone in that role, and it hurts the network. Anchors like Ayman and Yasmin and Lindsey Reiser are good, but they don't have the gravitas of someone like Brian Williams.

Brian Williams' gravitas is all in your head, r343. Sure, he was older than all of them if that gives you something to admire, but wiser? I don't now about that.

now = know

I think this war is going to go on for longer than people think and grow larger. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the top reporters are seen on weekends in the future.

[quote] I wouldn't be surprised if some of the top reporters are seen on weekends in the future.

If Rachel Maddow is still supposed to be the main voice of MSNBC and the network's top anchor, she should be pulling extra shifts and coming in to anchor on weekends during a news event like this one, instead of making the "junior varsity" team of people like Ayman, Yasmin and Jose Diaz Balart do double or triple duty.

Well, well, r347, crack that whip.

R344 I most admired his quick and somewhat snarky sense of humor.

Even with his faux attempts at being self-deprecating.

R340 Savak?

Make Nicolle Wallace or Chris Hayes work a day on the weekend.

351 = Mike Schmidt

Ayman anchored last night, Ali Velshi today.

Both have been reporting from field/guest in studio as expert of the region all week on primetime shows.

Someone of the 3 seems to be missing from the equation 👀 wonder why!!!

[quote]If Rachel Maddow is still supposed to be the main voice of MSNBC and the network's top anchor,

Rachel Maddow is in no way a “news anchor”. She’s a political pundit whose role is to give political commentary and opinion. Ditto for Nicolle Wallace.

Ayman and Ali have the most in-depth knowledge of the Middle East on this network. That’s why they’re the two “go-to’s” during this conflict.

Jen Psaki did extra time today. More of her is never a bad thing, in my opinion.

[quote] Rachel Maddow is in no way a “news anchor”. She’s a political pundit whose role is to give political commentary and opinion. Ditto for Nicolle Wallace.

MSNBC has an abundance of pundits, commentators, and contributors, and a dearth of news anchors. When breaking news happens that isn't directly related to Trump, Biden, or Congress, their go-to solution is to have Ali Velshi work 18-hour days. Ali is indispensable, but his salary is probably a tiny fraction of what the prime-time commentators make.

I’d rather have Ali Velshi than listen to Rachel Maddow visibly irritated that she had to “throw away” her pre-planned show about Trump in order to cover breaking news that happened during her hour.

Chris Jennings is more than qualified for a primetime (8pm ET +) news desk, but MSNBC seems to limit her to afternoon coverage. What a waste of talent!

^Chris Jansing

I want as FEW HOURS on air as possible.

Nicolle Wallace is on now.

I called it.

Allison, WTF are you doing on the Israel/Gaza border. Get the fuck out of there.

Also, put your helmet on! I don't care if it's quiet since it's always that way before a storm.

Google says MSNBC’s ratings are down with the wall-to-wall war coverage.

The only remedy is Ayman in tight, short shorts.

^I'd pay for a PEACOCK subscription to see that. R366

MSNBC didn't need wall to wall coverage, but they aren't the only ones. Did anyone else lose ratings?

Why not have Joy Reid with new Jewish and Palenstinian inspired wigs each night?

I watch with the sound off. The MSNBC wartime graphics theme across programming has been great.

[quote]The only remedy is Ayman in tight, short shorts.

With those big thighs of his, I’d pay to see that too!

They don't to cover this 24/7. It barely affects most Americans.

People should pay attention, this could easily go awry.

I am missing my filing by filing coverage of the Trump Trials.

Sooooo

Where’s Nicolle?

[quote]Where’s Nicolle?

Covering the waterfront.

Geeze Louise, why in the hell is Andrea Mitchell being allowed to butcher every Israeli or Arab guests names? At one point, she screwed a name up three times and then gave up and addressed the man without saying his name. It may sometimes be difficult for those of us in the West to pronounce Mideastern names, but give me a break, she has time to have someone tell her how to pronounce names correctly and be respectful.

THR interviews Rachel:

Mehdi is on Joy. He had some very articulate words about the rhetoric from the right that causes people to do things like stab six year old kids.

Saw the same segment. Mehdi was impressive. I was a little anxious beforehand given his history of violent rhetoric against Jews and geighs. Maybe he has had a genuine change of heart.

I've noticed when Mika wants someone to stop talking so she can go to a break or whatever, she'll start making hmm, hmm noises.

David Drucker is a HOT daddy!

There, I said it.

He's no Sam Drucker.

Sam Drucker was hot

what is with Katy Tur having that worthless Jake Sherman on her show almost daily?

Be more likeable, Jake.

[quote] what is with Katy Tur having that worthless Jake Sherman on her show almost daily?

Because he's one of the most informed Capitol Hill correspondents.

Did Katy really just ask why nobody likes Gym Jordan? Girl, have you been asleep for the past decade?

Has Jake Sherman been on hiatus? In the last weeks or so, he's suddenly being retweeted an awful lot?

hirsute

[quote] Because he's one of the most informed Capitol Hill correspondents.

True, but yesterday he was adamant that Jordan had the votes. Today, after the first fail, he's just as adamant that Jordan will ultimately lose by even more votes.

Sounding more like a vacillating pundit than a reporter.

I've noticed more MSNBC guests showing up with those black chunky chunky eyeglass frames. There's just something humorous when two of them are on air together.

When did Lester Holt turn into a Klingon?

Katy Tur + Jake Sherman are Phish Friends 💩

Richard Engel’s botox.

Mommy Nancy Pelosi ❤️

Awww....Nancy had more to say.

This blond wig has been one of Joy's longest-lasting looks so far.

R397 Yet Helen Oppeneheim swears it's her real hair.

Rachel was on Nicolle's show today selling her new book.

Trying to. They had to scuttle the pitch for the day's bombing news.

[quote] Rachel was on Nicolle's show today selling her new book.

When I saw Rachel on Nicolle's show, I thought, "Good, Rachel is doing extra duty because of the situation in the Middle East." Then I realized she was there to shill her book.

Senator Chris Murphy owned Alex Wagner’s ass.

Rachel is also on Colbert’s show tonight.

[quote] Richard Engel’s botox.

Without commenting on any other attributes, a grudging acknowledgment that, by whatever means, the man has aged well.

Just not as well as his contemporary, Nick Paton Walsh.

For whatever reason, it appeared Colbert showed a repeat tonight instead (even though it was supposed to be new), so I guess Rachel will be on another night.

Rachel's book agent chewed out the Colbert line producer for the last-minute change. Much smoothing of ruffled feathers will ensue, before the oblivious principals are back in each other's good graces.

R496 Colbert has COVID

R406 - Yeah Colbert has COVID.

The previous night he filmed from home, alone, as if he were doing a podcast. He had on Jada Pickett Smith and Ricky Velez as guests basically doing the same thing.

If last night was a repeat, then apparently he's gotten sicker and can't put on a show.

The more procedures Mika gets done, the more she looks like Joan Crawford. The eyebrows today are SCARY!

Just now:

British beeyotch Katty Kat or WTHEver said "Joe Biden" 4x in a row, NEVER ONCE "President Biden" as said Mika and NBC Foreign Correspondent Josh Letterman.

I don't think I ever heard, not during and not since, any reporter say "Donald Trump" or "Don Trump." Even now they usually refer to the traitor as "President Trump," not "Former."

🤬

When Joe and Willie are out, Mika has a lot of backup.

If any of you queens had a book to sell, you wouldn't use every chance to sell it on TV?

Mika looks like Agnes Moorehead when she gives a gimlet Endora stare.

Good show without Joe and Willie today.

I like when she calls men by their last names.

Meacham, do Republicans think they will lose the house?

So military. Mika's a dom.

[quote]So military. Mika's a dom.

I was thinking she's more like the old Catholic school nuns when she does that.

[quote]If any of you queens had a book to sell, you wouldn't use every chance to sell it on TV?—Rachel

I saw you on The View today and it was embarrassing.

Like the old Catholic school nuns weren't doms in thick sensible shoes?

Raf Sanchez and Matt Bradley both looking a little wan and war-weary. Understandably. Their days & nights are long.

They're even more dom R416.

The nuns at our convent in Hell's Kitchen wear lovely blue and white habits with combat boots!

I guess it comes with the territory.

*

Rachel Maddow appearing on all these other MSNBC shows to shill her book is now resembling an Ivanka Trump level of grifting.

Give it a rest, r421.

I’m tired of Chris Hayes’ non-stop promotion of “Palestinians” as innocent, perpetual victims.

Chris Hayes is the weakest link on this entire network.

Alex Wagner is a Socialist so she is Anti-Israel.

Senator Chris Murphy owned her a few nights ago with her gross rhetoric.

She is probably pro-Talib, shame on you Alex.

R425 Her husband is a Jew. Sam Kass. He's also hot.

Has Chris Hayes lost any of that lard?

R246 is HOT! He belongs on that other thread.

(Can not picture him with Alex Wagner. At all.)

For me, the good aspect is that I get to see my cutie-pie Jeremy Bash!

I love Jeremy, but it's just funny whenever he's introduced on camera, he consistently works so hard to give his best Blue-Steel directly into the lens. Puts Zoolander to shame.

Nice to see Andrew point out that Powell pled guilty to the non Federal GA charges, but will give truthful testimony.

She will either give truthful testimony or she will be subject to felony prison time IN GEORGIA.

Testimony about all those planning meetings in the Oval Office.

Powell has got a billion-dollar lawsuit against her from Dominion. Her only defense previously is that her statements were so outlandish no sane person could be expected to believe them.

She's pretty much fucked for life.

DA Fani Willis has a 90% conviction rate. Not looking good for Dump.

So sick of hearing GOP politicians try to blame the Congressional debacle on Democrats. When will newscasters finally call them out on their blatant hypocrisy?

If Nancy Pelosi was prevented from retaking the gavel by a few Democratic votes, we're expected to believe Republicans would step up to help her out. Like fucking hell they would.

Republicans may be forced to return to Earth 1.

Is Nicolle happy she gets to talk about DUMP again?

You better believe it! We're back to having sex again!

Schmidt seems autistic, but I bet he's still a good piece of ass.

Yikes! Steve K truly is losing too much weight. His chinos are hanging on him.

LOL R439, I came here just to comment that Kornacki's pants look good on him. I wasn't sure if he found a different brand/style or just sized these better. He didn't seem thinner at all to me.

Watching him jump the gun during the roll call for the third ballot makes me think he would be a bit of a accidental creampie guy. But I'm sure he'd make up for it by the fourth or fifth round.

Very much appreciate the transition to sand moleskin from the diarrhea ochre khakis.

Wow! Raf Sanchez has prime BDF.

Where's he been all my life?

Sadly, the longer I listen to him report from Israel, the more Raf sounds like a whiny, lazy bottom.

[quote] Where's he been all my life?

He had a much more fulsome healthy-looking BDF when reporting from Moscow at the beginning of the war in Ukraine.

I used to think Raf Sanchez seemed cold and aloof. But then I saw this cute video he posted when a viewer complained about his sad-looking spider plant, and now I think he's adorable. Hope he stays safe reporting from the Mideast.

Raf and his girlfriend.

I find his inability to contain his disgust with Israel a bit disconcerting.

He has WOLF HALL on his bookshelf. I like him.

Joy Reid keeps talking about "Cheese-Bro" and "Kraken Lady". She doesn't even give a fuck.

She says Cheese Bo Ro.

Where was she broadcasting from today?

Some beer barrel?

Nicolle Wallace said "Cheese-Bro" yesterday and "Chez-Bro" today. Did his name change overnight?

No, but they have court video with him pronouncing his name.

Chehz bro

Cheesehead is more like it.

He looks like a grease ball.

Probably smells.

What's with Stephanie?

Is she MSNBC'S weeping soccer mom?

The children, the CHILDREN !

Tedious .

^I have lowered my opinion of her for this.

I like Steph but think of her as a placeholder until they find the right person/solution for that slot. Since she's good friends with David Gura, why not experiment, have the two host together? Mgmt always seems so afraid to tweak the format, while Fox runs away with ratings for their dumbass panel shows. Steph's Friday night group discussions may be a step in the right direction.

David Gura and his doughnut plate would definitely get me to stay up and watch that 11th hour. I think he'd be fabulous with Steph.

Would David Gura come back to MSNBC? Didn't MSNBC basically fire him before (i.e., not renew his contract)?

How about pairing Stephanie with Ali Velshi? They used to anchor together in the mornings.

Stephanie also cried over Jussie Smollet’s “attack”.

Tara Setmayer looks like she is dancing with Selma.

Starting to look like Alexi M.

Oh goodness AOC is on w/ Mehdi tonight.

One big antisemitic segment where they bash Israel.

AOC needs to reign in her friend Rashida Tlaib, she is literally a radical psychopath.

I think Rashida Tblob and Kitara Ravache are the same person.

I want to watch these two have dad/son sex.

Brian's wiki page says in June of 23 that MSNBC announced him as a political contributor. I have yet to see him on their air.

I hav4e, r465.

^have

Brian dilutes whatever he has to say by being so hyperbolic. He practically screams on paper.

On his Instagram he has several photos of himself paired with Jonathan Bennett going back several years, as well as more recently with his now husband. Has Brian made anything public? He otherwise seems to be partnered most frequently with his dog.

I’ve seen him on Joy Reid twice alone.

R469 He officiated at their destination wedding.

MTP starts the weekend with a rerun before Way Too Early and that Pleska moron has returned.

Joe's hair looking noticeably silver streaked this morning. I checked back with a recording from a week and a half ago, and sure enough his hair was clearly darker and more uniformly brown. So he colors his hair with some kind of rinse? Guess I haven't been very observant.

[quote]Brian dilutes whatever he has to say by being so hyperbolic. He practically screams on paper.

I dont think there is any dilution at all, if you listen to him he's quit clear and to the point with laser sharpness. He's passionate about what he believes and in his delivery, that does not make him hyperbolic it makes him interesting and believable.

He's like a breath of fresh air from the restrained progressive on that network. He says things they want to say but cannot for fear of losing their high paying jobs.

Some of the people who go on Morning Joe to sell their books are so boring and their books sound boring. Yawn.

R475 is Rachel Maddow.

[quote] AOC needs to reign in her friend Rashida Tlaib, she is literally a radical psychopath.

Do you mean “literally”, literally?

You’re rape-raping the English language if you do. Please stop.

Is this the place to discuss MTP and the abomination that is called Kristin Welker? Watching her yesterday morning really pissed me off.

And do you literally mean reign?

You can discuss MTP when MSNBC uses it as filler.

G'head.

Kristen Welker frequently appeared in MSNBC prior to taking over MTP, so yes she can be discussed here.

I'm a full-fledged Democrat but I'm so tired of the Dem Congressmen/women coming on the shows and refusing to answer simple questions like: Would you support Patrick McHenry if he's made Speaker? Simple Yes or No answer and they seem to be afraid of going there. Congresswomen Clark from Mass just did this with Jen Psaki. Instead of answering, she went on for what felt like 15 minutes about all the good things Dems are doing. I was mad at Jen for not forcing a direct answer out of her.

r482, your question is simplistic. Politicians and supreme court nominees do not answer hypotheticals for the simple reason that simple answers can show up as latent gotchas. Why would you want to be locked into a vote. Dumb question. You will find out when they vote. But because Jen has an hour to fill, she asks KNOWING that she is going to get a cloaked, I don't know at this time, which would lead to another question.

I resent your condescension, r483 and I would have appreciated the Congresswoman simply saying she didn't know enough about McHenry's policies if she didn't want to answer the question. Which would have been a perfectly reasonable and intelligent response. Instead we got a lot of preening blather that didn't even approach the question. Why guest on the show if she doesn't want to answer simple questions, even with a prepared response? Stop wasting time and space.

And, once again, I resented Jen Psaki not saying" "Hey, you didn't answer my question!" She was far more direct and effective in her WH press conferences,

I don't see anything "simplistic" in my expectations.

Maddow's in L.A.

[quote]I don't see anything "simplistic" in my expectations.

I do.

[quote]I would have appreciated the Congresswoman simply saying she didn't know enough about McHenry's policies if she didn't want to answer the question. Which would have been a perfectly reasonable and intelligent response.

Getting a Congress person to admit they didn't know something is pretty stupid.

She answered the question by pointing out how functional the Democrats are.

Are you not curious what a Dem congressperson thinks of Patrick McHenry as a Speaker option, r487?

[quote]and I would have appreciated the Congresswoman simply saying she didn't know enough about McHenry's policies if she didn't want to answer the question.

You would have preferred she lied, r484?

I would have preferred Clark didn't appear on the show if she wasn't willing and prepared to answer simple and direct questions. Why waste viewers' time?

And, if you believe that Jen Psaki knew she wasn't going to get an answer to her question, which r483 seems to imply, I would prefer Psaki not ask those kinds of questions. Pretty simple, I think.

Why does everyone on MSNBC kiss Rachel Maddow’s ass?

You do you, r490, but I watched it as well and understood why she answered the way she did. I didn't have a problem with it.

I am also genuinely curious what Dems think of McHenry taking over as Speaker. I would really appreciate an honest and frank discussion about that as it's more than likely a possibility.

OK, this is what she told me in private away from the public glare:

Democrats do not negotiate with terrorists.

A fanciful question as McHenry has repeatedly stated that he doesn't want the job.

Richard Engel looking very old and tired, what happened to his face? He was so handsome when he started out there. I guess being in all those war zones really takes it's toll even if you are just on the sidelines. Although I think he was captured once years ago. Poor guy looks like he has not slept in months. I hope he enjoys his work.

R496 - I think it's his hair turning grey that makes Engel look that way.

Several years from now we'll be saying that about Tom Llamas.

Would Brian Tyler Cohen be considered a twink? I think he's adorable.

Richard looks like he's lost a lot of fat in his face, either major diet or age but does not look healthy when you see him in direct sunlight. It's more than just the hair.

R498

Neither a twink nor a twunk. Just a guy that some people find attractive. He's aged into general man territory at 34.

Brian & Glenn...

Miss Anne’s crocodile tears are meaningless. The cunt was arrogant and unrepentant as hell. I hope it was all worth it for Fani Willis.

r502, are you talking about Ellis?

DA Willis is a prosecutor. Was it "worth it" is an opinion.

It was definitely productive.

She will offer probation to everyone but Trump.

She sure had a big smile for her mug shot.

I guess Jenna felt that if her mugshot was how she'd be forever remembered in US history she might as well have a big shit-eating grin on her puss.

R498 The haircut needs to change, it's entering Q-tip with ears territory.

What about...?

Spare me your cuntiness and condescending bullshit, R503. “Worth It” is still TBD. Willis has yet to nail Jabba the Trump, but is making impressive progress. It seems to me that Ellis got off quite lightly, just my opinion. Asking a hypothetical question to a non-present entity is not an unreasonable action. Step off.

[quote]“Worth It” is still TBD

And as such is a current opinion.

r508, What a dumbass.

^What a narcissistic cunt.

Ari just had Cassidy Hutchinson on as his guest. IMO, he was super-determined not to give her one flicker of a twinkle or flirtatious eye.

Richard Engel got that BOTOX face.

Mika looks like Norma Desmond these days.

R510, Mom?

R514, Iskanka dahlink!

Yep, I have been noticing that too R513. Mika looks like she's had even more work done, it's pulled so tight she's starting to look freakish. She's falling into that same trap so many rich women fall into. They have the money so why not fix everything with plastic surgery. Only they are never quite done. It almost becomes a mask of who they are.

I have a theory that it's a modern day version of foot binding. Everyone can tell it's not natural and when they meet with their other friends they compliment each other on how good it looks, it's more of a sign of wealth. The wealth ladies in the room all have "the mask".

Joe this morning on MJ re Mark Meadows flipping:

"It's one thing to be making shit up outside of a courtroom; it's quite another to walk inside of that courtroom and get five to ten years."

Yes, and Mika tut-tutted like a schoolmarm. I'll bet she swears like a longshoreman off the set.

John Stamos looked a little shriveled this morning in closeup.

Stamos thinks of himself as a comic.

I nearly fell off my chair when he call Rev Al, Rabbi.

HE LA RIOUS

Soooooooo, Lawrence is in Africa filming commercials for his African school desk initiative, so the Black Gay guy is filling in all week.

This is the week I watch my The View recordings between Alex and Stephanie...

Lawrence is the reason I stay up to watch 11th Hour.

I miss Lawrence but appreciate his work in Africa!

r521, which black gay guy you’re referring to. MSNBC has quite a few, both out and closeted. 💅🏼

The specific Black and Gay MSNBC personality to which R521 is referring - sitting in for Lawrence - is Jonathan Capehart.

Jonathan Capehart is such a happy queen in that job. He's the gay, gay guy.

[quote]so the Black Gay guy is filling in all week.

The black guy has a name, asshole.

I prefer the Asian chick attorney.

Why are the gay men on there ALWAYS black?

It appears that Rashida likes a double check box.

She seems to be more inclined to hire a Bowen Yang than an Anderson Cooper.

Ah yes, of course Rashida's idea of a gay man is a Yasss Queen.

Can't hire a normal looking openly gay white guy that does not lisp. That would be too scary. Must be a a fem so all the viewers KNOW he's gay and woman feel comfortable around him and straight men don't pissed off when they identify with him and find out later he's gay. It's easy to write off a Yass Queen, not so easy when they look and sound like other straight male reporters on TV.

Bring back Thomas Roberts! Dumb as a doorbell but at least he was handsome.

R528,

Capehart is the only black, gay, HOST of a program.

Tim Miller, Steve Kornacki, & Vaughn Hillyard all work at MSNBC. Also what's his face? DL fave who always had a lovely background from his DC home. We haven't seen him in a while.

Cooper on CNN is the only white gay hosting a political pundit program, that I know of.

[quote]Ah yes, of course Rashida's idea of a gay man is a Yasss Queen.

r530 is a No Fats/No Fems Queen.

You mean Phil Rucker, r531

And what about Robert Costa? Is he gay?

The stench of racism in a thread on a forum made up of a marginalized sector of society. How rich.

Haven't seen Phil Rucker on there in a long time, what happened to him?

[quote]Tim Miller, Steve Kornacki, & Vaughn Hillyard all work at MSNBC

None of those guys have their own show. They are like gay pets of MSNBC. And Tim Miller is a Republican strangest.

Phil occasionally still appears with his old fag hag Steph at 11 pm. Apparently, past your bedtime, r536.

Well, I am up till 4AM so I dont know what you are talking about R538. I like Steph, but I would hardly say Phil is a regular on there like he used to be.

I never said he was a regular. Quite the contrary.

And I was just gently teasing you. Sorry!

[quote]And Tim Miller is a Republican strangest.

Yes, he is strange.

[quote]which black gay guy you’re referring to. MSNBC has quite a few, both out and closeted.

I don't know what you're talking about.

I thought I was the only one who wondered about Jason Johnson!

"Listening to Matt Gaetz is like listening to a wet fart."

Matt Gaetz has never made a lady cum.

I just caught the wet fart quote on Joy. CLASSIC.

Yes, r546. Joy was taken a wee bit back.

Alex Wagner’s show just got scrapped.

[quote]Alex Wagner’s show just got scrapped.

Did they replace her with Ali Velshi yet?

Jonathan Capehart can’t do breaking news.

I find it funny that when horrible shit is breaking news, the hosts let the talking heads talk and talk and talk. Especially now when the Black Gay guy bailed and left poor Alex to hold down the fort.

I have new found respect for Alex dealing with this crap.

Tell the white gay cunt R521 I have a name. Use it.

Good call r551! I stopped watching Capehart because the man just doesn’t speak well. He was constantly stumbling over his words and it was very annoying.

Jonathan Capeheart is very sweet but he can barely get through a sentence when everything is scripted. Breaking news and spontaneity are just not his thing.

Brava Alex for holding down the fort!

He has no gravitas.

They should have called in —donalds-worst-nightmare (Mr. Jonathan Capehart)'s aunt to do an hour over the phone with Maine.

Matt Gaetz is sooo fucking ugly! Ewww!

Ari Melber is one of the best interviewers on MSNBC. He takes no crap and could teach some actual MSNBC journalists how to actually do the follow up and push back.

Eh, Ari’s good but I feel he gives people too much leeway a lot of the time, and he plays devil’s advocate more than I would like.

r559, he wants to be the ONE MSNBC presenter that has miserable Republican shit stains actually return to a liberal network.

I would like to see him interview Southern Baptist Theocrat, Mike Johnson.

Ari is very smooth at coming across as simple and friendly nonthreatening interviewer and then somehow always manages to pull out some important fact or statement that ends up being very critical to subject at hand. I imagine this is how he schmoozes a woman into bed with him. They wake up and say wait, what, how did we go from a simple coffee date to waking up in his bed?

He was class president in high school, so he knows how to charm people enough to get what he wants. Having a beautiful smile doesn't hurt either.

You have no idea, R556.

P.S. Your incoherence earned you an Oh, Dear.

I turned off MSNBC because they were having Jonathan Capehart take up the live coverage of the shooting from 1am.

He is not a breaking news host. He is barely capable when heavily scripted.

Now it’s Alex Witt…with Sam Brock!

Damn, they pulled Capehart off the air fast.

Thankfully.

Did he even last an hour?

They woke up that blowsy old whore Alex Witt for this?

Somehow I pictured her in a state of suspended animation, rising only to anchor on the weekends before taking a five-day sedative.

R562, I copied and pasted the name as requested by r552.

R556

^Your name is white RACIST gay cunt.

Chile, I am no racist. But you seem to be a Klan Grannie as you bring it up.

Project much?

Grrrl, you in trubble.

I’ve lately been watching the NBC News Now stream rather than MSNBC. Particularly for breaking news events.

Too many old, retired “expert” talking heads speculating on Zoom for segments at a time over on MSNBC. — Particularly Andrea’s ancient buddies during her hour.

News Now checks in with actual reporters in the field far more frequently.

Alex Wagner is really not very good.

She was struggling last night and is just reading the teleprompter tonight.

Annie Karni is a disgusting mess!

I think they told her that the Black Gay guy wasn't coming in AT THE LAST MOMENT.

Everyone was simply letting local reporters and police ramble on, as there is no playbook for this.

[quote] He is not a breaking news host.

Now, tonight, Jonathan Capehart has to handle the breaking news about the U.S. airstrikes in Syria. Since Brian Williams left, MSNBC doesn't have any evening news anchors, just commentators and pundits. I'll bet that when WWIII breaks out, it will happen during Joy Reid's shift.

Coming up to 600, be prepared to move.

[quote]Coming up to 600, be prepared to move.

Any place I hang my hat is home.

r576, but you have to have a hat to hang, no?

R571 I don't know, Akex seemed her normal ultra-competent self. Her guest interviews were crisp and clearly not scripted.

I love Annie Karni. To me, she always looks like she just had sex.

New Speaker of the House thinks mass shootings are the result of Woodstock, and teaching kids that they evolved from "primordial slime".

[quote]I'll bet that when WWIII breaks out, it will happen during Joy Reid's shift.

Can you imagine if it were to happen during Andrea Mitchell's shift?

She'd be sputtering so much. the world would come to an end by the time she got the words out.

Joe Scarborough on 🔥🔥🔥 this morning.

r580, 😂😂😂

[quote]Since Brian Williams left, MSNBC doesn't have any evening news anchors, just commentators and pundits. I'll bet that when WWIII breaks out, it will happen during Joy Reid's shift.

They had Chris Jansing on over night.

[quote]I'll bet that when WWIII breaks out, it will happen during Joy Reid's shift.

She’ll have to change wigs mid-shift.

It appears that Joe has normalized EFFING. He was effing this and effing that allover the place, 4th hour this morning.

who’s starting 51?

Here you go r586

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get yourself

a gimmick

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star.

you're more

than just

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when you have a gimmick.