- Marisa Kabas - Joseph Kahn - Greg Kelly - Megyn Kelly - Brian Kilmeade - Charlie Kirk - Noah Kirsch - Mary Ellen Klas - Michael Knowles - Steve Kornacki - Bill Kristol - Howard Kurtz -

==marisa kabas======

MSNBC Staff Join Flood of Complaints Over NBC Hiring GOP’s Ronna McDaniel
NBC News and MSNBC are facing a wave of backlash after hiring former Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel as an on-air contributor on Friday, with some staffers speaking out publicly against the move.  McDaniel has repeatedly attacked the network in the past, calling their journalists “propagandists.” She also promoted false claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election. 
(The Wrap 3/22/24)  READ MORE>>>>>

“As columnists we are held to strict standards of factuality and truth, and are expected to have a fundamental understanding of our democracy,” Kabas continued. “McDaniel has proven time and again she adheres to none of those values, and lacks that very basic understanding.

==joseph kahn======

Fired News Anchors Who Wouldn't Just Go Away
In an opinion piece for The Washington Post, editor Leonard Downie Jr. — who worked on The Post's history-making story about the Watergate cover-up — suggested that the way forward for the journalistic profession is to move beyond outdated ideas of "objectivity." Instead of seeing nonpartisanship as a virtue, Downie wrote, newsrooms should focus on building trust with readers. Joseph Kahn, executive editor of The New York Times, told Downie, "When the evidence is there, we should be clear and direct with our audience that we don't think there are multiple sides to this question, this is a falsehood. And the person repeating this falsehood over and over is guilty of lying."  (The List 6/1/24)READ MORE>>>>>

==greg kelly======

Gregory Raymond Kelly, born on December 17, 1968, is an American conservative television anchor, television host, and a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. He is host of “Greg Kelly Reports”:
Newsmax TV features “Greg Kelly Reports”, a nightly news hour. Previous Co-Host on “Good Day New York”:
From 2008 to 2017, Greg Kelly co-hosted “Good Day New York” on Fox 5 NY WNYW alongside Rosanna Scotto. Lieutenant Colonel Kelly served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve.

Newsmax's Greg Kelly says it is “in a weird way, against the law” to not refer to Donald Trump as president
MEHEK COOKE (GUEST): He definitely does. President is a term that should be allotted to President Trump, even when he's no longer president. Again, these are political tactics that are inside a courtroom. And this is a circus led by this judge who has been biased this whole time. This case should be dismissed, but we're seeing a lot of facts unfold. Everybody is going to President Trump's side because they're tired of the biased justice system. You're trying to beat this man down and he continues to win. This is despicable. This judge needs to go.
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Trump's Newsmax VP brag: "I'd have a Democrat." I say: Don't let this go.
The Trump braggadocio fumbles keep coming and this one about who wants to be his VP, begs us to pick it up and run with it. From his recent Newsmax interview with Greg Kelly at about 1:35 mark on this link shown by Colbert last night. (Scroll down to the Colbert You Tube segment).  Here’s the exact quote about his VP search, said on camera (CAPS are mine)  “ There’s not a person in politics that doesn’t want it and THAT INCLUDES DEMOCRATS. If I wanted I’d have a Democrat, I’d have a Liberal, I’d have ANYBODY I want.”
(Daily Kos 3/19/24)  READ MORE>>>>>

==brian kilmeade======

'Terrible idea': Pro-Trump Fox News host raises eyebrows with 'slam' on President's move
A Fox News host on Saturday drew attention by "slamming" one of Donald Trump's latest moves against Ukraine. Trump recently moved to cut off Ukraine from certain intelligence, a move some say will give Russia the upper hand on its invasion of the U.S. ally. That decision is "terrible," according to pro-Trump Fox News host Brian Kilmeade over the weekend.   MSN 3/8/25) READMORE>>>>>

==charlie kirk======

Charlie Kirk: “Jews are experiencing the hate that we white people have been experiencing the last decade”
This is a wake up call for many Jews. And I have sympathy for American Jews that are very confused. However, I have impatience for American Jews that have put up with the anti-white sentiments the last decade and thought it was perfectly fine. Because guess what, American Jews? You're considered white in the eyes of the Marxists. What? I thought white meant, like, MAGA Christian people in Oklahoma. No. White means you too. Welcome to the most hated class in America today. And Jews are like, wait, I never thought I was white. I don't identify as white. We're Jewish. You don't get to determine the rules. Many American Jews are shocked that the organizations and the charities that they have been subsidizing want them dead. This is cut 67. I think this is illegal where they are forbidding Jewish students from going to class, that Jewish kids are being physically prevented from going to class.  (Media Matters 4/30/24) READ MORE>>>>>

DRIVEL

"Poll shows Trump up 5 in Arizona. A few hours later... Massive indictment against Trump world including the leader of the largest GOTV ballot chasing operation in the country. They need to cheat to even make this election close. Don’t give in. Keep pushing. Onward."--Charlie Kirk; Turning Point;  4/24/24

==noah kirsch======

'Not going to be able to sleep tonight': Truth Social boosters panicking as stock plummets
With the value of stock in Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) continuing its unceasing slide downward since the technology company went public, supporters of Donald Trump who profess to have invested in the company are increasingly expressing dismay about the collapse on the former president's Truth Social platform. According to a report from the Daily Beast's Noah Kirsch, faith in the troubled company that was reported to have lost millions last year right after the public offering, is in short supply at the same time the former president was telling supporters at Mar-a-Lago that all is well, stating: "We have over $200 million dollars in cash, which is very liquid.” (Raw Story 4/13/24) READ MORE>>>>>

==mary ellen klas================

Mary Ellen Klas

The slate of MAGA Republicans that will be on North Carolina's ballot in November has the potential to be disastrous for the state's economic interests and its business leaders know it. They should use their considerable influence and act now if they want to stop it from happening. From the top of the ticket, where Republican primary voters picked an antisemitic, election-denying, misogynist and transphobic candidate for governor to selecting a home-schooling mom with no education experience for state superintendent, the choices are so concerning that business leaders took the unprecedented step of sounding the alarm. Perhaps most troubling for the fast-growing state, which CNBC ranked No. 1 for business two years in a row, is the nomination of Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson for the top job. Robinson, an acolyte of former President Donald Trump (who called him "Martin Luther King on steroids"), regularly disparages the LGBTQ community and believes a pregnant woman's body "is not her body anymore." He's made hateful comments about school shooting victims, Jewish people and also normalizes Hitler. If elected, Robinson would be the state's first Black governor but instead of breaking barriers, he is breaking the bounds of decency and humanity. He's an extremist, even by MAGA standards. The state has some recent experience with what happens when intolerance is written into law. If the Chamber and its allies are truly worried about the rightward shift of the state, they should publicly reject MAGA's attempts to roll back progress and get behind moderate Democrat and Republican candidates. --Mary Ellen Klas; ​Miami Herald; MAGA is taking over North Carolina - unless businesses stop it 3/16/24

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==Steve kornacki======

Politics Can Wait When Kornacki Tackles Eclipse Ballot
Now that all of the Eclipse Award ballots have been cast and the results fed to the tabulators, it's safe to unleash Steve Kornacki into the conversation. Best known as the national election and poll analyst for the family of NBC news programming, Kornacki is revving up for a wild and crazy year, commencing with the Iowa Republican party caucuses of Jan. 15, followed by the New Hampshire primary on Jan. 23. Seemingly tireless, as if hooked to an IV energy drink, Kornacki's 2024 election prep did not stop him from careful consideration of his 2023 Eclipse Award ballot and its impact on the divisional champions and Horse of the Year.
(Jay Hovdey/Bloodhorse 1/5/24)
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Iowa Caucus Countdown with Steve Kornacki
Dan and Tommy discuss the latest in the GOP primary, Trump’s 14th Amendment ballot woes in Maine and Colorado and Joe Biden’s reelection strategy. Then, Dan and NBC News and MSNBC National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki dig into polling and voter data ahead of the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary and look at what the numbers might mean for the 2024 Presidential election. 
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==Bill kristol======

​William Kristol (born December 23, 1952) is an American neoconservative writer. A frequent commentator on several networks including CNN, he was the founder and editor-at-large of the political magazine The Weekly Standard. Kristol is now editor-at-large of the center-right publication The Bulwark and has been the host of Conversations with Bill Kristol, an interview web program, since 2014. Kristol played a leading role in the defeat of the Clinton health care plan of 1993, as well as for advocating the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He has been associated with a number of conservative think tanks. He was chairman of the New Citizenship Project from 1997 to 2005. In 1997, he co-founded the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) with Robert Kagan. He is a member of the board of trustees for the free-market Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a member of the Policy Advisory Board for the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and a director of the Foreign Policy Initiative. He is also one of the three board members of Keep America Safe, a national-security think tank co-founded by Liz Cheney and Debra Burlingame, and serves on the boards of the Emergency Committee for Israel and of the Susan B. Anthony List (as of 2010). Kristol is a critic of former president Donald Trump, a supporter of the Never Trump movement, and a founder and director of Defending Democracy Together, an advocacy organization responsible for such projects as Republicans for the Rule of Law and the Republican Accountability Project.

Ross Douthat, Bill Kristol Talk Harris’ Campaign Failures at Harvard Event
Conservative political commentators Bill Kristol ’73 and Ross G. Douthat ’02 said Vice President Kamala Harris failed to articulate a cohesive argument against Donald Trump during a post-election debrief panel hosted by the Harvard Center for American Political Studies on Thursday. The panel also featured Brookings Institute Senior Fellow William A. Galston and was moderated by Harvey C. Mansfield’ 53, a prominent conservative professor of Government who retired from Harvard in 2023. During the panel, Douthat — an opinion columnist for the New York Times and former Crimson Editorial editor — said that there is a “pretty simple story” to tell about the 2024 election results: President Joe Biden’s failure to follow through on his “central promise was to restore normalcy.”  (Harvard Crimson 11/9/24) READ MORE>>>>>

November 6, 2024: Bill Kristol X Post: One thought looking ahead: Will be important to have an informal but organized hub for the Trump resistance. Use what levers of power there are outside Trump’s control to block his White House’s bullying and intimidation, to defend individuals, to counter-attack politically.

​November 7, 2024: Kristol article in The Bulwark: "If Trump as president-elect sails through these next two months unimpeded and unmarked, he’ll take office in a position of great strength. If, on the other hand, there’s effective opposition to his worst appointees, if real obstacles can be put in place ahead of time to his worst policies, if real efforts are organized to protect individuals the Trumpists intend to go after, Trump could start off with much less ability to do damage than one might expect."

==paul krugman======

Don’t ask whose fault this was. Plenty of time for second-guessing and recriminations. Ask instead, what can you do? For my part, that means telling the truth as I see it, as long as I can. The media will be under a lot of pressure to toe the line; don’t capitulate in advance — Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 6, 2024

==howard kurtz======

​Howard Alan Kurtz (born August 1, 1953) is an American journalist and author and host of Media Buzz on Fox News. He is the former media writer for The Washington Post and the former Washington bureau chief for The Daily Beast. He has written five books about the media. Kurtz left CNN and joined Fox News in 2013.

‘What About the Geese?!’ Trump Snipes at Howard Kurtz After Fox Host Tells Him Flat Out That His Migrant Pet-Eating Claims Have Been Debunked
Former President Donald Trump went back and forth on Sunday with Fox News host Howard Kurtz about the former’s widespread and debunked claims that Haitian migrants had been eating pets in an Ohio city. The two sparred on the topic on Sunday’s edition of Media Buzz after the host asked Trump why he would not publicly correct the record that cats and dogs had been consumed en masse by migrants in Springfield, Ohio.
(MediaIte 10/20/24) READ MORE>>>>>