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During the final segment of Saturday's edition of AM Joy, host Joy Reid interviewed Brenda Wineapple, author of the book The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation. Reid prefaced the interview by comparing President Trump to the notoriously racist President Johnson and reinforced that point by quoting from a New York Times article called "Donald Trump, Meet Your…
Appearing as a guest on Morning Joe Wednesday, liberal Rev. Jim Wallis discussed his book Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus. Not surprisingly, it did not take long for Wallis to begin trashing President Trump and white evangelical Christians. After mentioning that "Lincoln said our leaders should appeal to our better angels," Wallis argued: "we have a leader who appears to our worst…
During his opening monologue Tuesday night, left-wing activist and late-night "comedian" Jimmy Kimmel took plenty of shots at President Trump. Kimmel described Trump as "yam-headed" before playing footage of his turkey pardons. After the video clip concluded, Kimmel argued "those turkeys should be pardoning him, by the way, not the other way around." Later, Kimmel complained that "50 percent of…
During his closing argument Tuesday night, CNN host Chris Cuomo attempted to make the case that "Trump Plays the Victim, but Creates His Own Crises." He gleefully touted the fact that 21 Republican-appointed judges have ruled against the Trump administration, citing their rulings as an example of "the constant violation of the law by this President." Later, Cuomo played a clip from a Trump rally…
Appearing on Monday's edition of Deadline: White House, frequent MSNBC guest Donny Deutsch used a conversation about possible wrongdoing by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as an excuse to perform a monologue addressing "the cancer of Donald Trump," specifically how "everybody he will touch history will frown upon." According to Deutsch, "the big mystery, for me, with all of these men, women,…
CNN's Brian Stelter devoted the entire opening segment of Reliable Sources to trashing Fox News and right-wing media. His guests all too happily joined in. The Washington Post's Margaret Sullivan dismissed the need to "take it down the middle and sort of say 'here's what people on the right are saying, here's what the people on the left are saying.'" According to Sullivan, "that does amount to a…
During a discussion on the indictment of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the panel on Sunday's edition of Fareed Zakaria GPS repeatedly compared Netanyahu to President Trump. The New York Times's Tom Friedman talked about "one big difference between Israel and America." He proceeded to favorably contrast the reaction of Netanyahu's Likud Party to his alleged wrongdoing in the form of "…
Just hours after embarrassing himself on national TV, CNN's Chris Cuomo parroted Democratic talking points in his closing argument Thursday night. At first, Cuomo merely observed: "to hear it from the diplomats and the Democrats, the situation amounts to a bribery scheme; all of it to help Trump more than to help this country." Cuomo proceeded to play a clip of House Intelligence Committee…
Not surprisingly, left-wing comedian Samantha Bee elected to open Wednesday's edition of Full Frontal by talking about her favorite topic: the impeachment inquiry. Bee apologized that her voice "sounds a little hoarse," noting "it's just because I've come down with a case of impeachment fever, baby!" Bee went on to declare "it is a beautiful day" because "Ambassador to the European Union Gordon…
Following the conclusion of Friday's edition of Real Time, the "Overtime" discussion focused on the conviction of former Trump associate Roger Stone. Donna Brazile was quite gleeful about Stone's fate, proclaiming "I hope he roasts in hell." Even host Bill Maher appeared shocked by her strong tone. After Brazile finished profanely trashing Stone, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni gave his two…