On Wednesday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, NBC correspondent Richard Engel compared the two parties involved in the swap for the release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and five Taliban that were being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Engel noted
Tuesday on MSNBC’s ‘Now with Alex Wagner,” Wagner laughed and mocked the Tea Party candidates facing primaries today as “dogs” with guests former Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-MT) and Huffington Post editor Howard Fineman. Schweitzer first called the Tea Party a
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” NBC’s chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd discussed the prisoner swap of five Taliban terrorist for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. He said the White House was “caught off guard” by the negative reaction
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken was asked by Mitchell why there were expectations from the Obama administration that the government of Qatar, which supports terrorist organization like Hamas and the Muslim brotherhood, to
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Reid Report,” Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) signaled there could be upcoming trouble for the Obama administration’s deal that exchanged five Taliban terrorists for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who is being accused by his fellow soldiers
U.S. Army Pvt. Jose Baggett, a soldier who served in the same as recently returned POW U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, told MSNBC’s “Jansing & Co.” host Chris Jansing that Bergdahl “obviously” left his post “purposefully.” Baggett addressed rumors that
Tuesday on MSNBC “Morning Joe” when asked by co-host Mika Brzezinski if the five Taliban prisoners swapped for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl could potentially return to the fight against America, House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) said, “I believe
MSNBC’s extreme left-wing TV host, Chris Hayes, must have been pleased with himself after his dishonest, strawman-styled taunt on Twitter Monday, where he suggested that because conservatives question Obama’s Bowe Bergdahl exchange, they don’t care if the U.S. leaves soldiers in
Monday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Rep.Chris Van Holland (D-MD) discussed the EPA announcement earlier in the day of new regulations that will force approximately 600 existing coal-fired power plants to reduce their carbon pollution 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney dismissed rumors that he might seek the job of United States Ambassador to Russia after announcing his retirement from the White House. On Friday, Carney joked that he was considering managing his son’s band,
House Armed Services Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) will hold hearings on the prisoner swap of five Taliban detainees for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, McKeon announced Monday. “Now my perception is he [Obama] broke the law by not informing Congress 30
TN State Representative and Senate candidate Joe Carr wasted little time in responding to a comment from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who, while visiting Tennessee tonight, suggested it would be “dumb” to vote for anyone other than incumbent Lamar Alexander.
On Friday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, host Joe Scarborough made the argument that not only must embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki go, but that he should be replaced by a proven leader and included household names like former Secretary
Criticism of President Barack Obama came from an unlikely source on Thursday. During MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews hammered President Barack Obama in a segment that included Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-NE). Obama drew Matthews’
CNN’s obsessive exploitation of the tragic disappearance of 227 souls on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 did, for a time, manage to pull the left-wing network out of its ratings freefall, but that all ended in the month of May
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) took on his critics that have argued he was an apologist for the Veterans Administration based on earlier statements he had made. Sanders acknowledged there were glowing
It wouldn’t make much sense to cite Enron’s annual reports after word broke that the books were being cooked. Similarly, it doesn’t make much sense to cite VA wait times when the veracity of that data is (and has been)
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said he was “disappointed” with President Barack Obama’s announcement yesterday that we was lowering the U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan to under 10,000 now and fully withdrawing our forces by
Over this past Memorial Day weekend, MSNBC host Touré decided that those who were interned in Hitler’s concentration camps during the Holocaust in WWII survived because they were lucky recipients of “white privilege.” Days later, he made a sort of
On his Tuesday night “All In” program on MSNBC, host Chris Hayes and his guests Jessica Valenti and Shannon Watts hypothesized there was a much deeper cultural aspect behind California mass shooter Elliot Rodger’s killing spree from over the weekend
Being considered to be in the “friend zoned,” has a potential for violence according to PolicyMic’s Elizabeth Plank and MSNBC’s Joy Reid. During a discussion on the recent mass killing in Isla Vista, CA on MSNBC’s “The Reid Report,” Plank
Two MSNBC anchors, Ronan Farrow and Touré Neblett, are in hot water over weekend remarks made about the Holocaust. The Twitter account of Touré, co-anchor of MSNBC’s “The Cycle,” has been uncharacteristically quiet since Friday when Touré appeared to suggest
Monday on MSNBC, host Andrea Mitchell discussed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton releasing of an audio version of the author’s notes for her upcoming book “Hard Choices” about her time at the State Department. Mitchell objected to political strategist
MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry drew parallels between the NBA and slavery on the Saturday episode of her eponymous show. She teased a segment on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban by saying “you can’t
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” host Chris Hayes discussed the “history of economic plunder and exploitation” that were called key features of white supremacy in America with The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates. Transcript as follows: HAYES: You hear it
