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MSNBC's Capehart Close To 'Bursting Into Tears' Over USAID Job Cuts
During a segment on MSNBC's The Weekend on job cuts at USAID, featuring an interview with Kathleen Borgueta, who had lost her job there, substitute host Maria Teresa Kumar calls USAID "God's work." At the end of the segment, co-host Jonathan Capehart tells the Borgueta, "I'm going to stop talking because I'm going to burst into tears."
PBS Warns Of 'Institutional Capture' As Columbia Settles With Trump
Even by its own standards, the weekly Friday news recap featuring PBS News Hour host Geoff Bennett, Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart, and New York Times columnist David Brooks was especially tone-deaf and unintelligent. The trio would have you believe that Columbia University settling with the Trump administration is both a threat to universities…
Ex-NPR CEO: Colbert Spoke Truth to Power In a 'Very Bipartisan Way'!
On Saturday's edition of MSNBC's The Weekend, former NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller, commenting on the cancellation of Stephen Colbert's show, said: "Stephen Colbert is unafraid to again speak truth to power. He does it in a very bipartisan way over the years, and comedy and parody is an important part of a democratic ecosystem."
'It's Shameful': PBS Bemoans State Department Cuts
The cast of PBS News Hour came together on Friday to decry the “shameful” nature of that day’s layoffs at the State Department. While New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart would claim the move would negatively impact U.S. foreign policy, their reasons for doing so were not convincing.
Daniels—What Would Slave-Owning Founders Think Of Blacks Hosting Show?
On MSNBC's The Weekend, co-host Eugene Daniels wonders what slave-owning Founding Fathers would think of two African-Americans--Jonathan Capehart and himself--hosting the show. The panel condemns Trump for saying he hates the Democrats, ignoring the torrent of invective that Democrats daily direct at Trump. The panel decries the decline in patriotism in younger generations, ignoring…
CRAZY TALK! USA Are The ‘Bad Guys’ and the L.A. Protests Were Peaceful
The following are the most obnoxious outbursts from journalists and celebrities from the month of June.
MSNBC Denounces Trump Keeping People 'In Cages'—Ya Mean, Like Obama?
MSNBC The Weekend co-host Jonathan Capehart denounces the Trump administration for keeping people "in cages" at Alligator Alcatraz, ignoring that Obama/Biden did the same thing to children, and Biden defended it. Co-host Eugene Daniels falsely claims that Trump "talks openly about revoking citizenship for people he just doesn't like."
PBS Tries To Use 4th of July To Denounce Deportations
Friday’s edition of PBS News Hour attempted to use the 4th of July holiday to denounce President Trump’s immigrant enforcement efforts and portray them as contrary to the spirit of America, with Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart going so far as to claim that his side represents the Statue of Liberty.
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PBS Claims Reaction To Socialist Mamdani's Win Has Been 'Hateful'
Friday’s weekly news recap featuring PBS News Hour host Amna Nawaz, Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart, and New York Times columnist David Brooks preferred to talk about the conservative reaction—or more accurately, Nawaz’s cherry-picked conservative reactions—to socialist Zohran Mamdani’s New York City mayoral primary win than Mamdani’s actual…
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Capehart Claims GOP is Afraid 'Of Being Human' on Political Rhetoric
If one were only to watch Friday’s edition of PBS News Hour, they would come away with the impression that “rotten” political rhetoric is mainly a right-wing phenomenon. Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart went so far as to claim Republicans are afraid “of being human” on the matter.
Tinfoil Hat Capehart: LA Response Part of a Plan To Suspend Elections
Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart claimed on Friday’s edition of PBS News Hour that he knows the actual reason for President Trump’s response to rioting in Los Angeles and for Saturday’s Army parade in Washington. According to him, it is all part of a scheme that will eventually allow Trump to cancel elections.
