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On Wednesday's Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski urged Nikki Haley to "hang in there"—to stay in the race for the Republican presidential nomination till the very end. Mika's reasoning: stay in with the hope of setting up "an American race" with an "American candidate"—instead of "Russian idiot" Trump. We need "a real race for the presidency. An American race."Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

When White House aides appear on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," they're often booked between 7 and 7:40 a.m. ET. That's so they'll reach one crucial and loyal viewer: President Biden. Why it matters: Biden's years-long love of MSNBC's staple morning show affects how the White House runs — and who Biden listens to. ,p> Zoom in: The president often calls co-host Joe Scarborough — a former Republican congressman who's now a harsh critic of Donald Trump — to get Scarborough's take on issues and sometimes vent about media coverage, according to people familiar with the relationship. ,p> During the day,...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that her deepest condolences go out to the three U.S. service members killed in a drone attack by Iran-backed militants in Jordan, who she said were fighting on behalf “of this administration.” Co-host Mika Brzezinski said, “Is there anything new since we spoke with Admiral Kirby in the last hour in terms of the Biden administration’s plans to respond to what has happened?” Jean-Pierre said, “So nothing new to report back from what Admiral John Kirby shared with all of you about an hour or so ago. What...

Morning Joe despises Donald Trump. So yes, the show would clearly be delighted to see him humiliated by Nikki Haley in the GOP primary. On the other hand, Morning Joe just as clearly wants Biden to win re-election. So why, on today's show, were Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski so happy that Haley declared that she is staying in, despite losing the New Hampshire primary to Trump? After all, the strongest argument that the show made for Haley was that she can beat Biden, whereas Trump supposedly can't. Why would Morning Joe be boosting the Republican who, in their opinion,...

Pro Tip: If you're ever considering hiring Ken Block to do research for you, consider again. And should you decide to go forward, be absolutely sure to get an ironclad NDA. Otherwise, if Block finds it to his advantage, he might publicly disclose information he discovered while working for you that is contrary to your interests. And might even publicly denounce you as a liar! After the 2020 election, the Trump campaign hired Block to look for evidence of voter fraud. He apparently found none of significance, and now has written a book disclosing his findings, and a column in...

In the 15-plus years that Morning Joe has been on the air, I can't remember Mika Brzezinski ever displaying such passionate anger as she did today. And it was directed at Israeli prime minister Bibi Netanyahu. Mika suggested that the U.S. halt aid to Israel until Netanyahu explains the delayed response to the Hamas attacks of 10/7. Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

On today's Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough both scoffed at the desirability of having a 40-or-50-year-old "straight-A student" as president. Makes sense: Biden's the guy who lied about earning three degrees and finishing in the top half of his law school class. In fact, he finished near the bottom: 76th in a class of 85. Instead of smarts, Joe, Mika, and Willie touted how wonderful it is, given the current foreign policy crises, to have someone with Biden's long experience, and his "mature mind." Mature—like a banana that's been left on the shelf for two weeks. Pro Tip...

On Wednesday, we caught Mika Brzezinski exulting over Donald Trump's legal travails, saying: "He can't run, he can't hide, he can't pardon himself, and he cannot avoid going to jail if convicted of these charges."On Wednesday, it was Scarborough's turn to indulge in unseemly gloating, with the target this time being Rudy Giuliani. Morning Joe opened with clips of Rudy, back in the day as a federal prosecutor, talking about his extensive use of RICO statutes. The show then rolled a current clip of Rudy criticizing the use of RICO statutes in his Georgia election case. Said Scarborough: "It's sort...

With Mika Brzezinski leading the charge, Morning Joe heaped praise on Kevin McCarthy today for his strong statement to a Russian reporter during his visit to Israel bashing Russia's invasion of Ukraine and in support of aid to Ukraine. In part, McCarthy said "I do not support what your country has done to Ukraine. I do not support your killing of the children either. And I think for one standpoint, you should pull out." Mika acknowledged that she has been a "frequent critic" of McCarthy, but called his statement "amazing," and even, without irony, clapped [see screencap] in a show...

Elon Musk has become the liberal media's second-most-hated man, behind only Orange Man Bad. Witness today's opening of Morning Joe, wherein Mika Brzezinski proclaimed "Thursday was a very rough day for Elon Musk," gloating over Musk's SpaceX Starship exploding shortly after liftoff yesterday.To our knowledge, after countless hours of suffering through Morning Joe, Mika has never been equally enthused about a North Korean rocket going kaput! Then again, Kim Jong-un is merely a nuclear-armed dictator and avowed enemy of America. Whereas Musk occasionally makes life a bit uncomfortable for liberals! Get the rest of the story and view video here.

It's one thing for Joe Scarborough to detest Republicans. That's par for the liberal-media course. But to go on national television and describe a violent fantasy in which a Republican is dismembered? Get help, Joe. On today's Morning Joe, Scarborough, commenting on a photo of Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) raising his fist in support of the crowd at the Trump rally that preceded the January 6th riot, said: "He actually had insurrectionists....like the guy with the bird-bone hands. Doing the power-to-the-people signal. Raised fist of a bird. I tell you what: a brisk wind could break that arm right off....

Joe Scarborough sunk to new depths in his toadying to Joe Biden. On today's Morning Joe, Scarborough virtually apologized to Biden spokesman Ian Sams for Mika having pressed him regarding the classified documents.Instead of criticizing him for clamming up, Scarborough actually praised Sams for stonewalling Mika.Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

The liberal media is exulting in dancing on what it presumes to be Donald Trump's political grave. Take today's Morning Joe. Joe Scarborough, noting a poll showing Trump with a historically low approval rating, and playing off the title of the Al Pacino movie, Scent of a Woman, Joe claimed that Jonathan Lemire has a movie title for Trump: Whiff of a Loser.Hey Joe: when it comes to the Whiff of a Loser, maybe you should look—or smell—in the mirror. Morning Joe continues to get trounced in the polls by Fox & Friends! And don't try to downplay your ratings...

After being out all week with a sinus infection, Joe Scarborough was back with a roided-out vengeance on today's Morning Joe. His word of the day was "loser," which he used ad nauseam to rip Donald Trump and Republicans in general over their midterm losses, and what he sees as the GOP's complacent attitude toward losing. At the end of the half-hour, Scarborough's rant became so unhinged that poor Mika repeatedly tried to shut him down. She explained to the viewers that Joe had been given a steroid for his infection. Scarborough embraced the notion, calling himself "roided-out" and suggesting...

During the Pennsylvania Senate race, people who pointed to John Fetterman's patent inability—in light of his major, recent, stroke—to do the job as senator were met by the liberal media with accusations of "ableism," and flat denials that he had any limitations. It was only after Fetterman won the race that his handlers admitted that he would not be able to respond to direct questions, given the continuing effects of his stroke. So, when on today's Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski said: "This is not a matter of left or right. This is a matter of, can he speak to the...

Donald Trump might have turned down Joe and Mika's importuning for an invitation, but Joe Biden was a lot more amenable. On today's Morning Joe, Scarborough and Brzezinski revealed that they had attended last night's state dinner, Biden's first as president, in honor of visiting French president Emmanuel Macron. Forget any notion that journalists should maybe avoid going to White House dinners so they can appear as nonpartisan as they can. No no, when you can brag about your important place in the elite, that's most important. Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire said Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that white nationalism was becoming “more central to what today’s Republican Party is about” while discussing former President Donald Trump meeting with Nick Fuentes and rapper Kanye West at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Co-host Mika Brzezinski said, “Not just any dinner, dinner at Mar-a-Lago, which former President Trump calls his Florida White House, his southern White House. This is the place where classified documents were seized by the FBI that the president had taken, stolen from areas where these documents are kept in our government, office buildings, and in the White...

MSNBC co-host Mika Brzezinski said Tuesday on “Morning Joe” that the Republican Party was taking a “violent swirl toward the far right,” which is preying upon the minds of deranged people, like the man who confessed to the home invasion and hammer attack on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) husband Paul. Co-host Jonathan Lemire said, “It’s not just that Kevin McCarthy went to Mar-a-Lago and resurrected Donald Trump’s career, he apologized to Trump for that heated phone call on January 6th.

We don't buy the conspiracy theory that Democrats cooked up the attack on Paul Pelosi as a last-minute election ploy. But, wow the liberal media is fully embracing the conspiracy theory that this can be directly connected to January 6 and should become a central election issue. Take today's Morning Joe. Not only was the entire first half-hour devoted to the story, but at the end of those 30 minutes, Mika Brzezinski pledged: "We're going to be spending the entire show trying to take a deep dive into this." Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Poor Mika Brzezinski. With John Fetterman's campaign collapsing around Democrat ears in the wake of his disastrous debate performance, the Morning Joe co-host soldiered on Thursday. Like a rescuer sifting through the rubble for signs of life after a building collapse, Brzezinski did her brave best on behalf of her fellow Democrat. Even so, she strained credulity well beyond the breaking point with this line: "Given that he did have a stroke, some might be surprised, [by] how well he did."Get the rest of the story and view the video here.