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Mika's Surprise Take On Pardons: Trump Kept His Word, Biden Did Not!
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski gave a surprisingly candid take on the Trump pardons versus the Biden pardons. She recognizes that granting the pardons is Trump's right, and whereas Trump kept his promise of pardoning J6 participants, Biden did not keep his word that he would not pardon Hunter or other family members.
Meacham Compares Trump Inauguration To Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Poor Jon Meacham. The resident Morning Joe historian and occasional Biden speechwriter was in a decidedly dark and depressed mood on this Inauguration Day. Meacham was down on the United States in general, claiming that "for 250 years, [America] more often than not has gotten things wrong." And he was down on Trump in particular. Meacham compared, albeit via a John Belushi line, Trump's…
Morning Joe: There's Skepticism Hostage Deal Will Hold--Because Bibi!
On Morning Joe, Jonathan Lemire says there's skepticism the hostage deal will hold because Netanyahu -- not Hamas! -- might "submarine" it.
Scarborough Falsely Fumes: An 'Insult' and 'Lie' That Military is Woke
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough calls it an "insult" and a "lie" to claim that the US military has gone woke. He is very wrong, and we've got the proof.
Eugene Robinson's Biggest Biden Beef: Israel's 'Atrocities' In Gaza
In Eugene Robinson's Washington Post column defending Biden's record as president, one serious criticism he makes is Biden's inability to do more to prevent Israel's "atrocities" in Gaza.
Scarborough Claims Soviets Blame Carter and Mika's Dad for End of USSR
In a fit of world-class revisionism, Morning Joe credits Jimmy Carter, more than Ronald Reagan, for the fall of the Soviet Union, and analogizes Carter to Abraham Lincoln.
DECEIT: Morning Joe Edits Out Democrat LA Mayor Stonewalling Reporter
Morning Joe airs a deceptive edit of LA Mayor Karen Bass stonewalling a reporter asking her if she owes an apology to LA residents regarding the wildfire. In Morning Joe's video, the reporter asks one question, then the clip immediately transitions to a later statement Bass makes saying she's directing all resources to the fire. The video omits that for 90 seconds, Bass stonewalled the…
Bitter-Clinger Joe Scarborough Cries: 'It Was A 1% Election!'
On Morning Joe, Scarborough climbed up on his hobby horse, and for the umpteeth time since November 5th wailed about how it was only a "1% election." Forget that Trump won EVERY swing state. That he won the popular vote. That the overwhelming proportion of districts, red and blue, swung right. Scarborough also tried to make the case that things were better under Biden than he was given credit…
Haass Claims Jimmy Carter Was 'The Forerunner' To Ronald Reagan
President emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass had an interesting take on Tuesday’s installment of Morning Joe on MSNBC. Ahead of former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral, he claimed that Carter was actually the “forerunner” to Ronald Reagan.
Scarborough Leads Trump Certification With Suicide of Capitol Hill Cop
Joe Scarborough leads his comments on the certification today of Trump's victory with a story about a Capitol Hill police officer who committed suicide after J6. But he left out some important details.
Morning Joe Edits Out 'Best Biden Ever' Losing His Way In NOLA Remarks
In the clip it airs of President Biden's remarks on the ISIS-inspired terror attack in New Orleans, Morning Joe edits out the moment when Biden totally loses his ability to speak and has to scramble his way back.
Scarborough Scours the 'Evil Geniuses' Redistributing $$$ to the Rich
Last week, we caught Joe Scarborough banging his desk in frustration as he inveighed against "billionaires" and wondered how the Democrats could possibly have missed the "layup" of beating the Republicans in November's election, given the disparity in income between those billionaires and working class Americans. Today, Scarborough made it clear that he has signed on to the project of…
On Morning Joe, Tomasky Blames 'Right-Wing Media' For Trump Popularity
On Morning Joe, New Republic editor Michael Tomasky blames tne "right-wing media" for the public's approval of Trump's transition. He singles out Rupert Murdoch for particular opprobrium. Tomasky is nostalgic for the days when there was "common civic agreement about basic morality in public life." Translation: when the liberal media set the agenda.
MSNBC Swerves Around NY Times Noting Biden Couldn't Do Four More Years
Thursday's front page at The New York Times featured a story headlined "Biden, Wearied and Stinging, Prepares to Exit." White House reporters Peter Baker and Zolan Kanno-Youngs were blunt in the third paragraph about Biden's twilight. "Time is catching up with Mr. Biden....it is hard to imagine that he seriously thought he could do the world’s most stressful job for another four years…