Ed Schultz, a former conservative radio show host whose politics moved left before he joined MSNBCâs nightly lineup in 2009 and then shifted again when he was hired by RT America, Russiaâs state-financed international cable network, died on Thursday at his home in Washington. He was 64. His death was announced by RT America, which…
âFire him todayâ: Viewers demand MSNBC drop Hugh Hewitt after report reveals unethical favors from Scott Pruitt. MSNBC viewers on Tuesday threatened to boycott MSNBC if the network does not fire conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt after a report revealed that he had received special favors from embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt. Politico reported on Monday…
Trenton Garmon, the attorney for Roy Mooreâs foundation who called Don Lemon âlemon squeezyâ last week, is not quite done making strange comments about the hosts of the cable news shows heâs on. MSNBCâs Stephanie Ruhle asked Garmon on Wednesday, âWhy would he need permission from any of these girlsâ mothers if they werenât underage?â…
MSNBCâs Joe Scarborough commented this morning about a Vice News report suggesting that President Trump receives a dossier twice a day containing nothing but images of positive headlines and tweets from around the Internet. That dossier is affectionately known as the âPropaganda Document.â âWould we rather have people deliver Donald Trump a dossier of bad…
Lawrence OâDonnell, the MSNBC primetime host of The Last Word, implied Wednesday evening that he has signed another contract to remain at the NBCUniversal-owned cable-news outlet. OâDonnell was the subject of rumors over whether he might part ways with the network, but that was largely put to rest when he tweeted, âYes I will be…
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, cohosts of MSNBCâs Morning Joe, are engaged. The network confirmed the engagement on Thursday. The couple went on a romantic vacation to the south of France over the weekend to celebrate Brzezinskiâs 50th birthday and, while overseas, agreed to tie the knot. The 54-year-old Scarborough proposed on one knee at…
MSNBC is going completely into the shitter. Nicolle Wallace, former McCain-Palin â08 senior advisor and current NBC News political analyst will be hosting a new 4 pm weekday show on the network. And now it appears conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt may be next up for a hosting position. Hewitt, an MSNBC political analyst, has…
MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes stopped by the Late Show with Stephen Colbert Monday night to talk Trump and plug his new book, A Colony in a Nation. During his interview with the late night host, Hayes unloaded on Donald Trump saying that the president was ânot particularly well-informed and doesnât have any principles.â Hayes said…
MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski went after Kellyane Conway again saying that she should be blacklisted on all news programs. âI feel even more so that everyone should ban her,â Brzezinski explained to Variety. âIâm surprised that these little acrobatic games are played with her on live national television. I think it denigrates what we do. Itâs…
Donald Trump earned more than $150 million in the year 2005âand paid just a small percentage of that in regular federal income taxes. Daily Beast contributor David Cay Johnston has obtained what appear to be the first two pages of Trumpâs 2005 federal income-tax return, and published an analysis of those pages on his website,…
Bill Maher, Kathy Griffin, Michael Moore and Rob Reiner joined Chris Matthews for a late-night fray with a special edition of MSNBCâs Hardball that aired at midnight to take down President Donald Trumpâs first address joint session of Congress. Bill Maher joked that he “loved” Trump’s speech and then told Matthews by phone, âEvery president,…
MSNBC’s Morning Joe Mika Brzezinski says she will no longer allow senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway on MSNBC’s âMorning Joe.â âI know for a fact she tries to book herself on this show; I wonât do it,â Brzezinski said of Conway on Wednesday morning. “I donât believe in fake news or information that is…
ON Wednesday night Michael Moore and MSNBCâs Chris Hayes discusses the Golden Showers story regarding Russia and President-elect Donald Trump, Moore said that Trumpâs complaints abut the story being âfake newsâ were funny considering Trump âis the godfather of this decadeâs fake news.â MOORE: Fake news, heâs one of the founders of in the the…
MSNBC said on Thursday that Fox News veteran Greta Van Susteren had joined the company and will host a new program called “For the Record”. Van Susteren hosted “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” for 14 years at Fox News. Van Susteren is the latest high-profile exit from Fox News. Fox News anchor Megyn…
Michael Moore appeared on MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell, this week to explain his five-point plan to resist Donald Trump in 2017. Moore has already made waves several times since the election, most notably with his plan to immediately have Donald Trump impeached, but he has come back to the the public with a level-headed and practical…
MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski said Friday morning that President-elect Donald Trump told her, âLet it be an arms race. We will out-match them at every pass and out-last them all.â Trumpâs comments were referring to nuclear weapons, a discussion which he revived on Thursday after he declared on Twitter that the U.S. âmust greatly strengthen…
President-elect Donald Trump will reportedly announce a deal with United Technologies, the corporation that owns Carrier, that keeps less than 1,000 of the 2,100 jobs in America that were previously scheduled to be transferred to Mexico. Letâs be clear: It is not good enough to save some of these jobs. Trump made a promise that…
Lawrence talks to Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore in an exclusive interview about his new movie, “Michael Moore in Trumpland.” Lawrence also gets Moore to react to the new Clinton campaign ad featuring Khizr Khan and explain the key to winning the election
Ben Carson went off the rails Friday morning while defending the Republican presidential nominee to MSNBCâs Morning Joe. When panelist Katty Kay questioned him about whether he believes the various women whoâve accused Trump of sexual assault are âliars,â Carson demanded her microphone be shut off and blamed âyou people in the mediaâ for trying…
Introducing a âlightning roundâ during Wednesday eveningâs Libertarian town-hall meeting on MSNBC, host Chris Matthews said, âThis is where we have fun, and maybe make some news.â Third-party candidate Gary Johnson ended up doing the latter when he was asked to name his favorite world leader and drew a complete blank. Johnsonâs running mate, Bill…
Morning Joe hosts Joe and Mika reportedly met with Donald Trump at Trump Tower last week to repair a once good relationship that has soured as of late. Trump has recently slammed the two of them and suggested in a Twitter tirade that they were having a relationship. Scarborough did not comment on the validity…
Donald Trump now finally believes President Obama was born in the United States, according to prominent campaign surrogate Rudy Giuliani. Speaking Thursday evening with MSNBCâs Chris Matthews, the former New York City mayor said his friend Trump hasnât held the âbirtherâ position, which first made him politically famous in 2011, in several years. The GOP…
The Libertarian candidate for president apparently has not been keeping close tabs on the Syrian civil war that has decimated the country and created hundreds of thousands of refugees. âWhat would you do if you were elected about Aleppo?” Mike Barnicle asked Gary Johnson on MSNBCâs âMorning Joe.â âAbout?â Johnson asked. âAleppo,â Barnicle repeated, referring…
One day after Barack Obamaâs former campaign manager called Donald Trump a âpsychopath,â MSNBCâs Mika Brzezinski picked up the ball and ran with it, saying the GOP presidential nominee needs to see a psychiatrist for the good of the country. After guest Howard Dean, a former doctor, noted that Trump exhibited signs of classic narcissism,…
MSNBC’s Joe Scar-borough defended Donald Trump ‘boorish’ behavior. After reading through NYT article about Trump’s women treatment, Scarborough said he only found two examples of bad behavior on Trumpâs part. The first one was when Trump met a young beauty pageant contestant for the first time and greeted her by kissing her directly on the…
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will head to Vatican City just days before the New York primary to attend a meeting on social justice and economic issues. Sanders announced Friday morning that he will attend the conference, which will be hosted by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on April 15. Sanders, who would be…
MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry is going on strike from her eponymous weekend morning talk show over what she alleges to be a loss of editorial control. In an email sent to staff this week, obtained by The New York Times, Harris-Perry said she feels âworthlessâ to NBC executives because of recent pre-emptions in coverage, adding,…
CNN appointed Anderson Cooper to moderate two primetime GOP town halls in South Carolina starring all six remaining candidates. Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas), Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson are scheduled for Wednesday, with Trump, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Ohio Gov. John Kasich set to appear Thursday at 8 p.m.…
The GOP frontrunner Donald Trump has scheduled a town hall meeting moderated by Morning Joe’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski as counterprogramming against CNN’s coverage of the showdown between Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. Both events will air on Wednesday at 8 p.m.” NEWS: Joe & Mika will moderate a town hall with Donald Trump…
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders plans to meet with the Rev. Al Sharpton over breakfast in New York City. The meeting will take place Wednesday morning at the famed Sylvia’s Restaurant in Harlem. The Vermont senator swept to victory in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primaries, gathering a majority of votes from men, independents and voters under…
