This sort of "kiss the ring" behavior will only embolden Trump. The key to Trump is calling his bluff (and having the spine to do so). Mika & Joe apparently are missing this structural support, and their moral cores are hollow.

After all the talk about republicans "kissing the ring" they do it too... We no longer trust them, they are just mouthpieces in it for the money and in our opinion no longer worthy of our time

it’s because liberals are still tuning in. Dems, progressives, liberals; we must take responsibility for our viewing habits. We can bitch all we want, but tuning in is financial support.

change that anytime soon.

I think it's safe to assume the press is folding up like a cheap lawn chair already. Thanks for nothing, cowards.

Following the lead of the L.A. & N.Y. Times, among others. Compromise journalistic integrity today, averting Dear Leader's wrathful vengeance tomorrow.

I'll still watch the show because I really like the regular guests they have, but I hope they got the message that sucking up is not the way to go.

Either they have something on Trump that they think might change his mind OR he has something on them that they do not want to go public. Either way, it is a lose lose situation for Joe and Mika and their fans.

And , they don't really know if Trump will be around to take the oath of Office on Jan 20. Trump is an old man and not looking well these days. The Pressure Musk and Putin are putting on him is probably stroke feed.

Maybe our side needs to up its intimidation game to try and counter this Nazism.

nt

And it aint ours

n/t

Every one is rushing to bend the knee to our new lord and master.

It is about survival.

Just retire if you're too afraid to face the adjudicated rapist. Step aside and let someone with some guts have your spot. Go to Spain. I hear Mika likes it there. Just step aside and get out of the way.

He called their submission symptomatic of how fascism is incremental.

Now he's reading from some quotes gathered by the reporter Milton Mayer back in the mid fifties, when he tried to find out how so many ordinary Germans could embrace Nazism.

EDIT: Changed "Martin" to "Milton"

It's part of their shtick. NBC...nuff said

Multimillionaires. They couldnt care less about Trump. Their net worth is most likely near 100 million.

is so important is not so much that it chronicles WWII but that it describes in great detail the inner workings of Hitler's Third Reich. Shier had access to the secret papers of the cult members who surrounded Hitler. In these pages I see many Joes and Mikas who, in stunning naivety or gross self-interest, or both, went along to get along. These people, along with the German population in general, chose to believe that it wasn't so bad when it was horrific.

I watched Morning Joe yesterday for what was to be the last time and what I saw was two people who know better desperately trying to rationalize their complete capitulation to a madman.

Be careful of waving your "We went to Mar a Lago" banner. You are walking a fine line. While I do not wish any ill to your guests, many of whom I respect and want to hear from, I fear you are all in for a rude shock. You had better be prepared.

I am quite literally shaking my head right now.

I could never understand why he even has a show on MSNBC. He's a terrible and arrogant interviewer, arguing with his guests and cutting them off to tell everyone what HE thinks. Since I'm not a morning person anyway, I found it easy to skip him.

On the other hand, my favorite thing to do is DVR the late-night talk shows like Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and watch THEM with my morning coffee.

I loved the mix of views. But I haven't watched it recently once DirecTV changed our plan and made DVRs an extra charge. I missed it for a while, but after this happened I don't now. I haven't watched MSNBC since the election. I have favorites on there I would still trust, but my trust in MJ has diminished.

If you watch Morning Joe after this, you're on the same bus as Mika and Scum, the bus that Trump is driving.

honestly, I never thought I would see this type of answer to a fellow DUer. "Scum"? Do you really want to call me by that name?

I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one that has referred to Scarborough as Scum here. I can't believe I've been so attacked by a fellow DUer that misinterpreted my post.

"If you watch Morning Joe after this, you're on the same bus as Mika and Scum, the bus that Trump is driving."

How about Willie Giest?

I might not ever know because I'll never be a viewer that pair's show after yesterday.

I think its important to remember that the"free" corporate press really hasnt been that for a good while. They are run by a handful of rich folks who determine the direction and sometimes the granular content of what is put out. Even the ones that seem more agreeable are not actually on our side.

Stop watching Morning Joe.

... But given what Brian Stelter wrote this a.m. (quoted above .... I'm subscribed to his daily column), I am more in agreement with saying what they were doing was saving themselves. Which is tragic for two reasons. It shows the press, as a whole, is severely frightened. And it means our news coverage over the next four years won't be the good quality we expect of it.

Surely, others will follow and do what they did, though hopefully not to the extent that they travel to see him in his palace. But on the other hand, others won't. I don't believe all of MSNBC will. But MJ has really blown it. I heard Scarborough tried to justify it this a.m., but it really doesn't look good.

At times, I thought they were.

Hey, remember that time on the show when Joe made us watch him play guitar (Beatles songs, I think) while Mika cheered him on? (It was a few years ago.) It was pure cringe.

I shouldn't say he made me watch him. Rather, he made me watch CNN.

I think that subconsciously “Morning Joe” is part of the reason I sleep late in the morning.

Just like the supposed "talent" on CNN, these two don't have the cajones to continue the fight. They aren't for the people. They folded to save their own asses. Send the message to MSNBC, tune out the sell outs, and if the others start to suck at Fat Donnie's orange sphincter, we go elsewhere for news.

They work at the same network so that "the boss made em go" is total BULLSHIT. They went on their own.