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MSNBC: Darn Voters Don't Understand How Dangerous Trump Is!
The panel of MSNBC's The Weekend expresses its great frustration over voters not being sufficiently scared by Trump's rhetoric, and thus not stampeded into supporting Biden. The panel describes voters as being "numbed," not paying attention, and needing to be shaken by the shoulders and told to "snap out of it!"

PBS Sees Dangerous GOP, Is Sad That Hunter Trial May Make Joe Unhappy
It was a livelier-than-usual roundtable on Friday’s Washington Week with The Atlantic, as the import of former President Trump’s polling strength in the face of multiple trials seemed to be causing panic among the press corps. Moderator Jeffrey Goldberg led the feisty journalists in the discussion, including Laura Barrón-López of PBS NewsHour, Eugene Daniels of Politico,…

PBS Pundit Pals Hail Speaker Johnson Finding 'Inner Reagan' on Ukraine
The latest, foreign-policy-facing episode of Washington Week with The Atlantic found the weekly journalistic roundtable quite comfortable with both American hard and soft power -- as long as President Biden and the Democrats hold the reins. There was a scattering of hostile labeling, with three “far right” labels foisted on Republicans, but what was most striking was the panel’s…

This MSNBC Anchor Wants To Be Like Biden When She's His Age!
On The Weekend, the MSNBC show she co-anchors, Alicia Menendez says of Joe Biden: "As someone who experiences a ton of existential dread, I hope that I am this prolific in my 70s and getting this much done. It gives me some sense of calm."

MSNBC's Morning Joe Cheers for Dems to Take Over Texas, Laments Delay
Promoting the series God Save Texas -- currently running on HBO -- MSNBC's Morning Joe regulars recently lamented that Democrats are not seizing control of Texas quickly enough as predicted by the media for decades. And, as The New Yorker's Lawrence Wright appeared on both Morning Joe and on PBS's Amanpour & Co. to promote the series (which he…

Politico Promotes Biden Triangulation on Border as Election Gimmick
Politico is so worried about Biden's dwindling 2024 election chances that they are now hyping a laughable border triangulation gimmick.

Politico Rushes to Help Unpopular Kamala Make a 'Second Impression'
As Vice President Kamala Harris wrestles with abysmal polls -- the latest NBC News poll found 32 percent approval, 49 percent disapproval -- pro-Biden media outlets are energetically attempting to help her spin out of these dismal numbers

POLITICO Cites 'Thick Bold Line' Between Biden White House and DOJ
If there's one theme we can isolate and mock as denying political reality, it's the theme that Joe Biden could still argue in any way that he's all about a "thick bold line" between the White House and the Justice Department. The Politico "Playbook" team on Wednesday set out to explain "Why Biden won’t touch on Trump".

Morning Joe: DeSantis Hates Woke History Because It's Correct History
On Morning Joe, Eugene Daniels of Politico says that Ron DeSantis has adopted an anti-woke approach to the teaching of American history because he and others feel that "we can't teach the correct history of this country, because it makes white kids uncomfortable."

KJP Suffers Mini-Meltdown When Reporter Asks If Cocaine Was the Bidens
Friday marked only the second White House press briefing of the week in which reporters could question Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about the bag of cocaine found in the West Wing. While 13 reporters pressed Jean-Pierre on Wednesday about it, only one would on Friday (and a second to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan) as New York Post’s Caitlin Doornbos asked whether “the…

MSNBC Ties GOP Protecting Women's Sports To Trans Suicides
MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell teamed up with Politico White House correspondent Eugene Daniels to reduce the integrity of women’s sports to GOP “red meat” with Daniels taking it a step further, accusing Republicans of villainizing people and implying such bills lead to suicides.

MSNBC and CNN Blame Conservatives for Club Q, Violent Threats
After Wednesday’s congressional hearings on the Colorado Springs Club Q shooting and violence and threats of violence against LGBT people, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports and CNN’s Inside Politics with John King came to the same conclusion: it’s conservatives’ fault.

'Morning Joe’ Goes to War on DeSantis: 'Glass Jaw, Fragile Ego’
After we noted Thursday that CNN's Don Lemon argued DeSantis could be even worse than Trump, the DeSantis smears shifted Friday to MSNBC’s Morning Joe thanks to Republican-turned-Never Trump-turned liberal David Jolly, who trashed DeSantis as having “used" Trump with a fragile ego.

Rough Day? Jean-Pierre Flubs Basic Questions on Biden’s COVID Bout
Thursday wasn’t supposed to feature a White House press briefing, but President Biden’s positive COVID-19 diagnosis meant Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was thrown before the press corps and, like most stays, she stepped on plenty of rakes. Over the course of the briefing, she failed to answer and scoffed at basic questions about how the President contracted the virus, whether she herself…