Landsnark

I believe she spent much of the last 12 or so months out on maternity leave? She's gonna be Mika's replacement. I bet you $2

The show this morning has been great. Just great. What a panel. What energy and camaraderie and rhythm. It's really enjoyable and really watchable and instructive. THIS is a great morning politics and news chat show. I realize they can't always have Donnie and Heilemann and Yasmin on set every day.

How did Julian Castro explain what he is doing? How did he describe it as not "doxing" the names he's revealing? I got to that point and then my attention got distracted and I missed it.

Mika is not trying to affect the native "Elpa SO" pronunciation. She's simply saying it wrongly. I think she's so low energy today because of a sugar hangover. At 9:00:01 am every morning this rings out through their mansion, "CaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAKE!"

Mika's inability to read the teleprompter aloud about the wonderful mayor of Chicago's response to Ivanka's vile, rancid Tweet may have broken me. This show is pure garbage. Mika doesn't want to be at work. She doesn't want to read. She doesn't want to prepare. She doesn't want to emote. She's in a totally different location and so when a panelist says something thoughtful or eloquent, her awkward reply from another set derails the conversation and energy. It's terrible. I cannot believe MSNBC lets this happen. Early in the show she read off the teleprompter, "... later in the show joiningg... us? will be former senator..." She didn't know how to read "us." Us.

She just pronounced El Paso as "El Paw So"

Mika stumbling over the name of a shooting victim is a special kind of terrible. Her fake gravitas as she thoroughly misreads the script this morning should be fireable.

What was Brokaw's whataboutism? There is another side to the shooting? Is this easily retrievable online?

Holy SHIT Mika just pronounced "cryonics" as "SIGH ronics." Her fucking job is to write and read the news. She doesn't do the first and is incapable of doing the other. She just said, "oh my gaaawd. Just ew." Objectively, she is the worst on television at this job, right?

Yasmin was on 4 shows yesterday. She hosted 3 and was a guest on Morning Joe. Unless everyone is on vacation, I think that means something along the lines of a shakeup coming along. Perhaps our hysterical hostess in her t shirt and robe is not long for this gig?

She is now ranting at the President, insulting Meadows and the President. She's not suited for this position.

Mika's scripted rant against Mark Meadows was just terrible. She is so shrill and fake and clumsy. When she puts energy into the pretend, it's cringeworthy. Ugh. Also, she made fun of him for crying. So... I guess know yer value, Meadows. Real men don't cry or something.

She is wearing a grey tshirt and a robe on TV as the host of the morning political show of record. I guess more fool me for being irked by this.

I did it.

You've all seen that Powerpoint standard, the chart with three circles that intersect themselves to show overlapping skills/features? For MSNBC talent, the three circles are: Former official, Celebrity, Wonk/Journo. Heilemann is a wonk/journo. Donnie is Celebrity near the wonk/journo intersection. Joe is a Former Official intersecting with Celebrity. Claire is just a Former Official. Rachel - Wonk/Journo intersecting with Celebrity. You get it. If I had the wherewithal I'd draw this up with everyone's names. But the joke is: You draw this up with everyone in those three circles, but way way off to one side is a tiny circle intersecting nothing that is only Mika's face. If I were to draw this, the circle would be labeled something funny.

Well dammit. I missed a good show from what I'm reading here. I tuned in at 7am and Joe was practically standing up behind the desk screaming that the Democrats need to FIGHT BACK and show some heart or Trump'll be president again. I agree, but I didn't want to watch the same show that has been on for 2.5 years now.

haaa, you all are funny this morning. The way I picture their coverage of and research of the testimony today is Mika in a spa with a team of underpaid immigrants tending her feet, her fingernails, her hair, her shoulder tightness from so much stress and hard work, as she reclines in a mud mask with cucumbers slices over her eyes. There is a Dr nearby sharpening his scalpel for some touchups, and he's flicking a syringe that'll keep those lips and sags plump. The TV is on CNN's coverage and opinions. Joe is reading her tweets of what real journalists and thought leaders are writing. "Oh, Ashleigh Banfield wrote that? Let's take it and use it." And she's dictating to an underling idiotic KYV phrases about beauty and hard work and worth and coconut water and heels and misogyny.

Wednesday and Thursday he had on great shirts. He's got a great tan. His hair is lighter from being in the sun (I hope, I hope he hasn't dyed it. ick) He's lost a little weight. He doesn't look like he's drinking heavily any longer. He seems rested. Chilling in France, Nantucket, and the mansion in Palm Beach must agree with him.

Wasn't he though? I couldn't stick with it. Adnan and Donnie were great, but Joe was in full bloviation.

Holy shit, the man is a magician. In one single sentence, he managed to tag "suburban women will stand in line" [presumably in the rain] and "day trading." Great start, Joe! Play the hits! Gonna be a helluva show.

Did she really say that? What was the context? Does she know that we can see her? I'm gonna presume she wore her kicking-around clothes yesterday interviewing the next President to prove some moronic point about how she's comfortable being her own sloppy self, yet, her makeup yesterday was absolutely great and clearly applied over a long period of time by a pro. So which is it, Einstein?

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I was going to go here next. He struggled with that teleprompter and introduced the interview with zero enthusiasm.

Whoa. I just watched the clip - or the beginning anyway - and she's not wearing a blazer. That's her long cardigan. It has thumb holes. She is wearing Keds, frayed jeans, a cami/tank, and a sit-around-the-house sweater. This is all I've been thinking about today. Her outfit is inexplicable.

Mika's outfit? She takes that blazer off and she's dressed to be comfortable yet very noticeable in Nantucket's tony bar scene.