For 250, PBS Spotlights Springsteen Through Trump-Loathing Glory Haze

PBS made a classic Democrat programming choice to mark the 250th anniversary weekend: A half-hour “PBS News Special” on a famous populist rocker and songwriter turned blunt leftist political activist: “Bruce Springsteen: Finding America in Song.” The show featured sit-down interview by PBS News Hour host Geoff Bennett with the 76-year-old “Boss” himself, with a little music…

Clay Waters
July 6th, 2026 8:15 AM

Fox Hosts Ripped Mamdani Speech on Friday, Other Networks SKIPPED It

On Friday, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered a blatantly anti-American speech from City Hall, supposedly to mark America's 250th Birthday, accusing America of being full of racism and bigotry, where "not all are created equal". You would think this would be newsworthy, but on Friday, the Big 3 nightly network newscasts, and PBS NewsHour, all passed on it, while Fox News shows…

Steve Malzberg
July 6th, 2026 7:41 AM
Jonathan Capehart MS NOW The Weekend 7-4-26

Fight Me! Capehart Ready to Rumble Over His American Credentials

Wow! The mostly peaceful pundit Jonathan Capehart entered the octagon on Saturday's edition of MS NOW's The Weekend! “As descendants of slaves who built this country....I defy anyone to tell me that I don't love this country. And I am not a part of this country. "I will, I will fight anybody who tries to say that I am not American!”

Mark Finkelstein
July 6th, 2026 5:41 AM

PBS's Favorite Radical Prof: Expelling Haitians Is 'American Fascism'

Jason Stanley, left-wing professor and author of How Fascism Works, who fled to Canada to escape President Trump yet somehow feels compelled to appear on TV to bash his abandoned home, made another appearance on PBS on Amanpour & Co just in time to mark America’s 250th anniversary, in order to declare his previous home a fascist state under Trump and Republican…

Clay Waters
July 5th, 2026 9:07 PM

CNN Asks If Mamdani's Speech Can Help 'Reframe' Patriotism For Dems

On Friday, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered a speech from City Hall, which was billed as "Marking America's 250th Birthday", but was actually a nearly 14 minute long trashing of America, as he accused "the powerful" of supremacy, claimed only a few are allowed freedom, said America is where, "not all are created equal", trashed our treatment of immigrants and blasted ICE. But if you watched…

Steve Malzberg
July 5th, 2026 4:59 PM

On PBS, Brooks RIPS DSA 'Authoritarians,' Capehart Says 'Not a Thing'

On Friday's PBS News Hour, pundit David Brooks struck a true centrist pose, denouncing Trump's "authoritarian power grabs," and then trashing the ascendant "authoritarian wing" of the DSA, insisting the Democrats need to reject the left-wing authoritarians. Jonathan Capehart claimed this trend of DSA victories is not yet "a thing," and that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is doing just…

Tim Graham
July 5th, 2026 2:39 PM

Ruhle and Crew Mock Deutsch's DSA Fears, Say They’re ‘Small Group’

On Thursday’s Money, Power, Politics with MS NOW host Stephanie Ruhle, panelist and frequent Morning Joe guest Donnie Deutsch was seemingly freaked out about the rise of socialism in the Democratic Party, which he paired with antisemitism. Despite Deutsch's concerns, Ruhle and other panelists heavily downplayed his concerns as just a “small group.”

Nicholas Spinnato
July 5th, 2026 2:02 PM

WATCH: Bill Nye 'the Science Guy' Trotted Out to Back Mamdani on A.C.

MS Now treating the apocalyptic ramblings of Bill Nye — the so-called “Science Guy” — like serious scholarship is a criminal offense against its viewers’ intelligence. 

Joseph Vazquez
July 5th, 2026 10:57 AM
Leah Wright Audie Cornish Alexander Heffner 7-3-26

Cornish Allows Accusation of Trump Corruption, Shuts Down Pelosi Talk

On CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish let a guest describe President Trump's alleged corruption in accepting the gift of a plane from Qatar, but shut the guest down when he attempted to discuss Nancy Pelosi's enrichment while in office.

Mark Finkelstein
July 5th, 2026 6:41 AM

O'Donnell Slams 'Counterfeit Air Force 1,' Teddy Would Be ‘Horrified'

President Donald Trump just redecorated the Boeing jet gifted to him by the Qatar Emir, and the liberal media did what it always does - throw a tantrum about it. On Wednesday’s episode of MS NOW’s The Last Word, host Lawrence O’Donnell and his squinty eyes glared through the camera to suggest that the acquisition of the jet proved that Trump was the most corrupt President in history…

Siena Do
July 5th, 2026 6:11 AM

Politico Laughably Kvetches About America 250 Fireworks Pollution

Politico warned about environmental risks from the America 250 fireworks planned by Trump, suggesting such concerns would not be raised if a Democrat was president. Politico’s coverage is driven by anti-Trump bias rather than real worry over short-lived pollution or animal impacts from the event.

P.J. Gladnick
July 4th, 2026 10:13 PM
Jon Meacham MS NOW Morning Joe 7-1-26

Morning Joe Historian Meacham: America 'Was Really Founded In 1965'

On Tuesday's Morning Joe, as the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, historian Jon Meacham delivered a revisionist riff on the founding of America: "There's a very good case to be made, I think, that we were really founded in 1965. That's when a multiracial, multiethnic democracy came more fully into being with the Immigration and Nationality Act, with the Voting Rights Act. And so we're…

Mark Finkelstein
July 4th, 2026 8:36 PM

CNN's Hunt Surprisingly Tough With Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed

The Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan has a trio of candidates on the ballot, including radical left-winger Dr. Abdul El-Sayed. Thursday afternoon, El-Sayed was a guest on CNN's The Arena, where Host Kasie Hunt, treated him like a Republican, repeatedly raising issues that made El-Sayed uncomfortable, and pressing him when he didn't answer the question asked.

Steve Malzberg
July 4th, 2026 2:42 PM

The Fourth of July, Ben Franklin, and the Celebration of a Free Press

In thinking about the First Amendment on the Fourth of July, it is particularly worthwhile to take a look back at the writings and activities of one Founder in particular. That would be the venerable and wise Benjamin Franklin.

Jeffrey Lord
July 4th, 2026 1:30 PM