I wonder if Morning Joe's viewership will drop so low the show could be cancelled. I can't imagine wasting time on this

[SheilaAnn]

show anymore, although I do like and admire the guests. Wondering also what many of the guests feel like with this little bit of news from them. They were a part of my a.m. routine, will have to find another source.

[Dennis Donovan]

1. You know, for a little while I thought they were journalists. Come to find out, they're publicists. n/t

[Ursus Rex]

14. Joe is a lawyer, Mika is an English major who worked as a spokesmodel.

They are not trained journalists, per se, and neither has an academic or professional specialization in policy, economics, etc. Both have had moments of apparent public integrity, but they're both pragmatists and opportunists in equal parts. I'm neither surprised nor disappointed in this latest exercise in self-preservation.

[Dock_Yard]

44. I'm NOT defending Mika, but she did field TV reporting in CT 30 years ago.

And back then she married Jim Hoffer, a reporter at the same TV station.

Later she upgraded herself to MSNBC and (reportedly) started cheating with effing Joe.

[yankee87]

2. Used to watch

Will never watch again. Has to kiss the ring.

[Rebl2]

3. Hope so

[jimfields33]

27. The ratings are 2 million at best. I'm not thinking they keep it on for eyeballs.

The owner must like the show.

[Vinca]

4. I don't know. Their attempt to stay out of the gulag is going to backfire and I look forward to the first

slur from Dear Leader, which should occur at any second, and the eating of crow. They've got good guests, but their attempt at singing Kumbaya down at Mar-A-Grifto is a big mistake.

[Elessar Zappa]

5. What did they do?

I don’t normally watch.

[SheilaAnn]

6. They visited with trump at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend and agreed to communications, whatever that means. n/t

[Elessar Zappa]

7. They're afraid of being targets.

Still cowardly though. Pathetic.

[markodochartaigh]

38. I think that it takes a great amount of courage

to be a journalist, judge, general, educator, legislator, etc. who goes against Trump at this point.
Still, if those in the stratosphere of society don't have the courage to defend democracy that we demand of the lowest rank of the military that we send into battle, then why do those people deserve to be in the stratosphere of society? And what will become of democracy?

[sop]

12. Joe and Mika didn't just visit Trump, they grovelled abjectly and begged for a little access.

Journalism, or the actual reporting of the news, is an anachronism. These days "access" is the lifeblood of corporate media, their talking heads can't function without it. Mr. and Mrs. Scarborough will yuck it up with Donald whenever he calls in to their morning show.

[ificandream]

25. I think the show has a little more integrity than to kiss Trump's butt.

I haven't watched any politics since the election, but I always liked MJ's mixture of opinion. Setting up a line of communication with Trump isn't a bad thing, really. We need to hear him on sources other than Fox and His Fiends.

[uponit7771]

41. They gave Benedict Donald the benefit of the doubt that he lost long ago in regards to "working together". I'm disgusted

[Du916]

8. I am going back to Stern.

Stern grew old and ceased being funny some time ago. I started listing to Morning Joe while driving to work. I am going back.

[MANative]

9. They've lost two viewers - permanently - from my household...

effective immediately.

[beveeheart]

16. Lost 3 from my household.

[Bird Lady]

10. Never watched it

Won't start now

[hlthe2b]

11. I tuned it off 30 seconds into Mika and Joe's spiel. I don't deny they looked as though they had guns to their heads..

undoubtedly knowing how their "sell-out" capitulation will be received, but nope. I hope most of us can avoid becoming the enablers of those who would destroy our future.

[Stuckinthebush]

13. I watch Morning Joe every morning

I've enjoyed it and appreciate the view from a once rabid conservative. I like seeing him defend what was once seen as conservative even though I didn't agree with those views either. But it was good to have a rational old school republican see the con for what it was.

No more. That was a bridge too far for me with them going to grovel. See you Joe and Mika. I'll just work out and drink coffee in the mornings now

[Pachamama]

26. Same here

Watching the show this morning had me literally drop my jaw and feel sick to my stomach and disgusted.

I just know that whatever transpired to make them go down to Mar a Lago and kiss the ring and then sit there trying to justify and lecture about it (and shame on Mika bringing up her fathers name) is enough to make me realize that I will no longer watch their show.

[AngryOldDem]

32. I remember Jan. 7.

They came on with footage from the riot, set to Johnny Cash’s cover of “Hurt.” Powerful stuff. Then Joe dropped a lot of expletives the likes of which I’ve not heard on live TV.

Now they’re doing this? Disgusting. I’m done. I’ve been limiting my exposure to news shows since the election, and now I’m damn glad I did.

[Dock_Yard]

45. Me too. Joe accused the Cap Police of "holding the fucking doors" open for the rioters.

And no one on set would change his mind or correct his errant observation.

I didn’t care that he used the F word, it was his pasting heavy blame on the Cap Police that was disgraceful.

[BonnieJW]

43. Me too

Now I listen to podcasts. Keith Olbermann. BrianTyler Cohen, David Pakman

[UTUSN]

17. Now they can only function as Drumpf's mouthpieces as in 2015-16. Can't host any critics

because Drumpf will nuke them (Scabs/MikaMouse).

I stopped with them in 2012, don't remember but think Scabs was razzing on OBAMA. I stuck with MSNBC from its start, all the ups and downs and shocking remarriage, how Scabs pre-rearranged marriages ragged on PELOSI for a month daily. Have only listened on TuneIn to the pre-Scabs news reader while I'm dozing. Only click on Ari MELBER and Nicolle when clips are posted here.

*** Thinking of re-posting my pic of salacious Mika Mouse on the desk with leering Scabs, but it doesn't seem to be popular.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. I am very disappointed in Mika and Joe

Link to tweet

WOW! And so it begins:

Morning Joe’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski normalizing Donald Trump after meeting with him at Mar-a-Lago on Friday. This is how we got President Trump the first time. They learned nothing.

I’m posting the entire segment so folks can decide for themselves.
Also sharing in the thread a summary of Trump’s second-term agenda

[Cirsium]

31. Seek common ground?

What common ground is that?

I think Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled the common ground away.

They hang the man and flog the woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But leave the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from off the goose

The law demands that we atone
When we take things we do not own
But leaves the lords and ladies fine
Who take things that are yours and mine

The poor and wretched don’t escape
If they conspire the law to break
This must be so but they endure
Those who conspire to make the law

The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
And geese will still a common lack
Until they go, and steal it back

Anonymous from the 1700's

And Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County?
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

John Prine 1971

[Flatrat]

19. Is Joe Scuzz posturing th be Trumps next press secretary?

I stopped watching after his ass kissing groveling behaviors prior to Trump's first reign of error, 8 years ago.

When they show you who they are, believe them.

[rubbersole]

36. tsf would only have a blonde female for ps...

...and for him, Mika is past her expiration date. They'll regret this mistake. tsf will humiliate them.

[Mme. Defarge]

20. Obeying in advance. . .

[Nigrum Cattus]

23. Agreed

Being a conduit is not journalism, it's just pathetic.
Is anyone taking bets on how long the press will
be free ?

[Comfortably_Numb]

21. I switched from CNN to Joe after the first trump fluff fest w/kaitlyn. Now morning scum is dead to me too. Fluffers

for dictators.

[City Lights]

22. Their viewership should tank,

but we'll see what happens.

[ellemb]

24. Lost 2 viewers here. I still like Nicole, Lawrence and Joy. I doubt they'll let me down.

[rickford66]

28. I have it on and sorta watch and listen. But not after this morning.

[AngryOldDem]

29. I am DONE with Morning Joe.

I was so angry when I read the story in The New York Times just now. How dare they kiss Trump’s ass. Are they afraid he may come after them at some point? Now they want to make nice, after going after him for four years? News flash: If Trump wants your ass, he will get it. So stop kissing his. Do your jobs.

I guess Katie Phang tweeted on X that it is a bad idea to normalize Trump. When in the HELL is anyone going to learn that lesson?

If I were one of the panel regulars, I would not appear on that show ever again. And if MSNBC pressured Joe and Mika to do this, then they should have the integrity to quit.

If MSNBC goes in the shitter, it has nobody else to blame.

[Greybnk48]

30. I started watching MJ a month ago, after all these years.

I've seen clips of the show elsewhere, but had never watched it proper. I just deleted the series recording from my DVR.

I was right about them all along, sadly.

[Hope22]

33. If people quit watching TSF will lose his platform.

Three cheers for that!

[PortTack]

35. Exactly! Please...please stop watching cable and msm including msnbc....they are NOT our friends

[2 Meow Momma]

34. They lost me today too. nt

[kimbutgar]

37. FSTV has a good morning show with Stephanie Miller

I rarely if ever watch msnbc in the morning and now haven’t watched it since the election they are whitewashing dumpt and the fact they visited them this weekend to kiss the ring of the dictator is sickening!

[Puppyjive]

39. Ban the prescription drug commercials

See what happens. The whole 24/7 news cycle will come to a hault.

[Loryn]

40. Perry Mason is always on somewhere

Kind of like 5:00 pm now that I think of it.

[Cattledog]

42. Yep, I'm sure it will go down.