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senseandsensibility

(25,432 posts)
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 02:15 PM Apr 27

Credit where credit is due to Kris Jansing and her writers at MSNOW

Just when it seemed like the media was going to go along with the administration's efforts to completely shut down any discussion of gun control after another violent episode this week-end, I was relieved to see that Kris Jansing began with just that topic this morning. She really hit it hard, too. She challenged trump's acceptance of gun violence as inevitable, and his use of the attack to push his ballroom.

My favorite line? "Despite the reality that he and the other people in that room have more collective power to change the trajectory of that than anyone else, the president admitted that he is not even going to try."

She also called him out for claiming that there's no more political violence now than any other time,
pointing out that political violence is up more than thirty percent from 2024 through last year.

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Credit where credit is due to Kris Jansing and her writers at MSNOW (Original Post) senseandsensibility Apr 27 OP
He believes lying all day long is his right under God. SleeplessinSoCal Apr 27 #1
Lying. Constantly. senseandsensibility Apr 27 #2
Of course, he believes HE is God PatSeg Apr 28 #8
He's a fake through and through SleeplessinSoCal Apr 28 #9
It is so typical of authoritarian types PatSeg Apr 28 #10
Wow... that is something. Kris Jansing Cha Apr 27 #3
I remember watching her in the morning on MSNBC PatSeg Apr 28 #11
I don't watch her often (not my favorite time slot) but I've grown increasingly impressed with her. eppur_se_muova Apr 27 #4
In the upcoming MSNOW changes senseandsensibility Apr 27 #5
Per Wikipedia... DET Apr 27 #6
She's been somewhere on (the former) MSNBC for a LOOOONNNGGG time BumRushDaShow Apr 28 #7

senseandsensibility

(25,432 posts)
2. Lying. Constantly.
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 04:17 PM
Apr 27

That is the story, journalists! You are supposed to stand for truth above everything else. Start acting like it and hold him accountable!

SleeplessinSoCal

(10,436 posts)
9. He's a fake through and through
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 07:02 PM
Apr 28

An actual "false idol".

"A false idol is an object or figure that is worshipped as a god but is not considered a true deity, often seen as a representation of something that diverts worship away from the true God. In many religious contexts, particularly within Abrahamic faiths, it refers to any entity or object that is venerated instead of the one true God."

He's plastering his ugly mug on our passports now.


PatSeg

(53,406 posts)
10. It is so typical of authoritarian types
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 07:41 PM
Apr 28

They need to plaster their ugly mugs on anything and everything, as if that might give them some kind of permanence. It is like a compulsion.

Cha

(320,318 posts)
3. Wow... that is something. Kris Jansing
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 04:34 PM
Apr 27

called out Traitor as the Liar he is.

She's been around for a long time. I remember her name when I watched cable 22 years ago.

TY

eppur_se_muova

(42,361 posts)
4. I don't watch her often (not my favorite time slot) but I've grown increasingly impressed with her.
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 04:41 PM
Apr 27

Those who don't care for Katy Tur should try KJ's hour(s?) instead.

senseandsensibility

(25,432 posts)
5. In the upcoming MSNOW changes
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 05:03 PM
Apr 27

she is going to lose her slot, although I think she will still be a correspondent. Probably ready to wind down a little at this point as she heads into retirement.

DET

(2,577 posts)
6. Per Wikipedia...
Mon Apr 27, 2026, 05:18 PM
Apr 27
On March 18, 2026, it was reported Jansing has been named MS NOW's chief political reporter.

Unbelievably, Chris Jansing is 69 years old. She looks incredible.

BumRushDaShow

(171,704 posts)
7. She's been somewhere on (the former) MSNBC for a LOOOONNNGGG time
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 11:03 AM
Apr 28

She and Willie Geist.

Others have come and gone (like Joy Reid and Tamron Hall and thankfully ilk like Mark Halperin), but Jansing and Geist managed to somehow be employed (or reemployed) there for some time.

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