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Ratner is a licensed airplane pilot and owns a small plane. A few years ago, he admitted to flying Mika and Joe from Manhattan to Martha's Vineyard on summer weekends. Joe was happy because renting a private plane is expensive & there aren't many commercial flights to the island at a fair price.

Joe interviewed someone today, but I deleted the show from my DVR. Willie does good interviews on Sunday Today with celebrities. I suspect the plan is to make Mika & Joe less political & interview random celebrities. MSNBC should be able to renew Mika & Joe's contract at a much lower salary or replace them with Willie, Jonathan & Katty Kay.

Mika showed up today in NY wearing a tracksuit. Joe is AWOL. Trump wants Ukraine to surrender Crimea. Trump isn't asking for concessions from Russia. Mika's brother is a guest. He is outraged at Trump not leveraging American power. Trump is compared to Neville Chamberlain for ceding Czechoslovakia to give up the Sudetenland. Putin still wants control over Ukraine.

Wally was way out of Marcia's league. I don't believe she would end up with a toy salesman.

Jon was excellent in The Walking Dead! I would watch him in The Accountant. I am not Catholic, so I don't follow what the Pope does closely. Mika should play up the fact that her late dad was strongly supportive of getting Pope John Paul II elected. He was a strong ally of the Polish Solidarity movement, which helped fight Communism in Poland and Eastern Europe. Mika also should have bragged that she met the Pope when her dad worked for President Carter. Mika was well-behaved when she met the Pope and didn't cause chaos, like when she spilled hot soup on the Chinese President or almost ran over Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin with a golf cart during the peace talks with Egypt at Camp David.

The Bradys were too sad. Bobby gets into a car accident & Marcia hits the Bottle !

Joe compared the Pope to Bill Graham, who went to Russia. The Pope liked to travel to different countries. He supported migration. Joe supported the Good Samaritan who rescued a traveller who was beaten. Joe said the Pope supported the Gospels. Joe is in full Preacher mode today.

Jonathan Lemire said he was Catholic. The Pope supported ending the war in Gaza & Ukraine.

Today is a special edition of Morning Joe due to the death of Pope Francis. Joe began quoting Bible verses about a woman at a well. Joe said the Pope supported Jesus's teachings and stood up to the hard right in the Church. Joe said Liberals were upset that the Pope didn't allow Priests to get married & was opposed to abortion. Joe is not sure where the Church goes from here. Mika said the Pope led a simple life & didn't like Luxury goods. JD Vance met with the Pope yesterday. Mika struggled reding where the Pope would be buried. She had difficulty saying the words "St.Mary Major Basilica" . She called it MaHor instead of Major. Basilica. Mika said there will be a Conclave. Joe is working his contacts in the Catholic Church to see who will win the next election. Joe said the Cardinals would be diverse due to their popularity in the South. Joe said Francis liked to eat dinner with poor people like Jesus. Woman at the Well is the top catchphrase today.

Joe warned Harvard that their football program couldn't compete with the University of Alabama.

Joe said it is illegal to send US citizens to foreign prisons. Mika's hair is blonder now. Meacham looks older now

Joe is on assignment today in London. Joe will be speaking with British journalists & leaders. The top story was JD Vance fumbling the trophy. The trophy was broken into 2. Joe started ranting about Trump cutting funding to Harvard & other universities. Joe said this will help China & UK Universities catch up.

Willie hosts Sunday Today. I guess he needs more time to prepare for the show.

Mika's 58th birthday will be a big event on the show. Mika used to get a big sheet cake at the show's end.

Joe claimed that President Biden and Trump both watched Morning Joe. Apparently, Biden asked staffers to watch the show to get Scarborough's takes on politics, etc. Biden would then call Joe for advice. During Trump's first term, he would tweet at Mika & Joe when he disagreed with them. Joe doesn't tweet much anymore since Trump was elected & Trump hasn't bothered to attack Joe. It's a non-aggression pact.