NBC News Foreign Correspondent Martin Fletcher said that he cannot recall any time where the “personal antipathy” between the United States and Israel has been worse. “In my decades of reporting from here, I don’t think I can remember anytime
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “NewsNation with Tamron Hall,” Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) said President Barack Obama should go ahead with his reported plans to give amnesty to 5 to 6 million illegal immigrants because the House Republicans won’t pass the
On his Monday broadcast of “Morning Joe,” MSNBC host Joe Scarborough railed against House Majority Whip-elect Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and other Republicans that have been gun-shy in speaking out against the impeachment of President Barack Obama. “What is wrong
On her Saturday MSNBC program, Melissa Harris-Perry railed against those protesting the flow of unaccompanied illegal immigration children across the southern U.S. border. She particularly took aim at Gov. Rick Perry’s use of his state’s National Guard at the border
Saturday on MSNBC’s “Up w/Steve Kornacki,” Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) claimed not only will House Democrats “survive” the 2014 midterm elections, but they will “take back the House.” The Democratic Whip said “We’re going to survive.” He added Democrats will
White House officials said on Friday that President Barack Obama will enact “very significant” executive actions on immigration at the end of summer. Obama had previously announced that he had asked Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Homeland Security
On July 24, MSNBC’s Ronan Farrow and Jonathan Alter discussed the NRA’s “Trigger the Vote” campaign for the upcoming November elections, and the overall success NRA voters have over Democrats in midterm elections. Farrow said the NRA’s current campaign “is
President Barack Obama may have been too busy to visit the U.S. southern border to witness the humanitarian crisis during his recent Texas trip, but he found time to hold a town hall meeting at the Walker Jones Education Center
During a “Hardball” segment on MSNBC comparing former Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) said the freshman senator “looks like a jerk.” TIME political columnist Joe Klein said Cruz is a
Sen Jim Inhofe (R-OK) said that the influx of unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors is disrupting the military’s operations. In an interview on MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown on Thursday, he reported that the surge of illegal immigrants and attempts to house
In response to Obama claims he doesn’t watch the news: I imagine the news gets especially “depressing” for Obama when he’s getting hammered by loyal partisans who are usually on his side – which is happening a lot, lately. His
Tuesday on MSNBC “Morning Joe,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) discussed the humanitarian crisis of tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors illegally flooding across the U.S.-Mexico border. The congressional leader dismissed the strain on our nations financial resources to
Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst (R) reported that the vast majority of illegal immigrants coming over the southern border are not unaccompanied minors in an appearance on Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Daily Rundown.” “Our effort in Texas is not
Monday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said President Barack Obama needs to “increase” the attention” he is giving world affairs. The California Democrat said, “I think the world would very much respect his increased attention
By nearly 3-to-1 margins, Fox News crushed CNN on Thursday, one of the biggest breaking news days of the year that saw a passenger plane shot down over Ukraine and Israeli troops move into Gaza. The Ukraine news broke a
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “All In,” Robert Reich, President Bill Clinton’s former Secretary of Labor, said American drug users are responsible for the “drug war” policy which is causing the violent chaos in the illegal immigrant children’s home countries of El
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Now with Alex Wagner,” the former Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM) said as a governor from a border state, he had to deal with “all this right-wing fear mongering” about “everything from diseases to terrorism” on illegal immigration.
HOUSTON, Texas–Despite the border crisis that involves more than 1,000 illegal immigrants entering the country each day, Texas Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee apparently believes the U.S.-Mexico border is “under control.” On MSNBC she recently said, “I disagree it is
Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.), member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the House Ways and Means Committee, called Americans who want illegal aliens returned to their countries “nativists” and “isolationists.” On Monday, appearing on MSNBC News’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, she
Another day, another front page at the left-wing Politico where 5 of the 6 top stories attack Republicans. Look at the lead… Politico’s targeting former-Vice President Dick Cheney like it’s 2005. That is Politico’s way of making Cheney pay a
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” co-hosts Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist downplayed Sen. Mark Begich’s (D-AK) effort to run against President Barack Obama. “Yeah Ron Fournier, it’s certainly an interesting approach,” Scarborough said. “Usually [it’s] a
Friday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” the son of former president Ronald Reagan slammed the Republican base as the “the most ignorant 20 percent of America.” “Here’s the Republican Party once again presenting themselves with all sorts of Catch-22 situations,” Reagan said.
Friday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” fill-in host Luke Russert asked Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) as he was comparing the unaccompanied minors illegally coming across the U.S.-Mexico border to children fleeing a burning house if the images of childern “sleeping
On Thursday’s “Ronan Farrow Daily” MSNBC’s Ronan Farrow and Jose Diaz-Balart, along with CNBC contributor Steve Rattner used the controversy over radio and TV host Glenn Beck’s plan to give food, soccer balls, and teddy bears to illegal immigrants as
In an appearance on MSNBC on Thursday, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) told anchor Craig Melvin it was her view that the U.S.-Mexico border was not in as bad as shape as it is perceived to be. Jackson Lee argued
On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Thursday, co-host Mika Brzezinski greeted the news report of President Barack Obama’s reasoning for deciding against making a trip to the U.S.-Mexico border while on fundraising visit to Texas for not needing a “photo-op” with
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ED Show,” fill-in host Michael Eric Dyson condemned critics of President Barack Obama, in particular for his reluctance to visit the southern U.S. border. Dyson, however, took aim directly at former Gov. Sarah Palin
There are some reliable partisans who simply do not criticize their man no matter the circumstances. But with the current border crisis President Obama may have reached a point where even the true believers are starting to panic, at least
On Wednesday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, Time magazine senior political analyst Mark Halperin argued that Hillary Clinton’s botched book tour has shown some of her weaknesses as a candidate and caused Republicans to lose their fear of her. “The biggest
Tuesday night on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live,” MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow used a barnyard analogy while descibing her one apperance on ABC’s “The View.” Host Andy Cohen and co-guest Nicole Richie were shocked Maddow compared the ladies of “The View”
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” NBC’s White House corespondent Chuck Todd hammered the Obama administration for their stubborn refusal to have the president go down and witness the humanitarian crisis unfolding on the U.S.-Mexico border. Todd told host Chis Matthews, “They
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “NOW w/Alex Wagner,” Assistant to the President and Director of the Domestic Policy Council Cecilia Muñoz was grilled by host Alex Wagner over President Barack Obama’s “refusal” to visit the border and witness the humanitarian crisis first
Monday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” USA Today’s Susan Page and host Andrea Mitchell both agreed President Barack Obama’s refusal to go the the U.S.-Mexico border and tour the facilities holding thousands of unaccompanied children who have flooded into the
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” host Andrea Mitchell asked if the humanitarian crisis of unaccompanied children flooding across the U.S.-Mexico border has been cause by President Barack Obama’s so-called “DREAM Act” executive order. Alan Gomez, the immigration reporter at
Time magazine’s Mark Halperin and MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski questioned the accuracy of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s response to criticisms over her defense of a child rapist in the 1970s. Halperin did argue that Clinton could defend herself by
In an appearance on MSNBC’s “All In” on Monday, Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) reacted to remarks made by Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) on Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” suggesting that the thousands of illegal youth streaming across the U.S.-Mexico
Monday on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show,” Sarah Slamen, the field director for the Texas Fort Bend Democratic Party, had some harsh words for what she called a “hateful” “insurrectionist” in Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) and the “know-nothing” Tea Party. Slamen
Monday on MSNBC’s “Now with Alex Wagner,” Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) surprised the host when he said he believed “the borderlands deserve a presidential visit.” Wagner opened the segment by playing clips of reporters grilling White House press secretary Josh
Monday on MSNBC’s “NewsNation,” Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) asked, “What would be the point in the president going?” with regards to a trip to the border during his trip to Texas to attend a fundraiser later this week. Host
The Hill reports that Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) opposes the idea of President Obama making an appearance at the Texas border. “I think that he has people in place to take care of that situation,” Johnson said on MSNBC.
