Senior contributor, Forbes. IBMer. 5-time Emmy Award-winning reporter (Miami, NYC, Orlando). Mental health advocate. Emory. UGA Dawgs. Arsenal FC. (he/him)
MSNBC has its best quarterly ratings in daytime ever, closing the gap on top-rated Fox News Channel to the closest they've been in 16 years:
@SRuhle
@AliVelshi
When President Trump said it was a "beautiful sight" to see MSNBC's
@AliVelshi
shot by a rubber bullet while covering protests after the death of George Floyd, people at his rally cheered. Journalists are disgusted:
Jon Stewart is a damn HERO. Forcing 9/11 first responders to continue--18 years later--to beg Congress for help is beneath contempt. Shameful. And for members of Congress to fail to even show up for the hearing? Disgraceful.
CNN's
@jaketapper
show how Capitol attack was logical result of 2 months of lies about election fraud spread by Trump allies and 'MAGA media.' Take a moment and WATCH: via
@forbes
Deep reporting by
@brianstelter
into Shep Smith’s final months as the leader of the journalists at a network with massively powerful opinion hosts. Worth your time to read:
.
@TomiLahren
says yes, she infuriates people but she won't stop calling liberals "crybabies" and "whiners." Still, she hopes to show a new side of her with her role at
@FoxNation
: an interviewer who can do nuance:
@Forbes
@ForbesEnt
Buttigieg notes that as Kamala Harris pulls ahead, the more we are going to see Trump lash out with outrageous behavior to try to get attention. Buttigieg points todays event with Trump as an example
BREAKING: Jared Kushner just admitted he knew via US intel the Saudi Crown Prince ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Kushner then admitted he advised the Crown Prince following Khashoggi’s murder. Kushner needs to be fired, investigated and have his security clearance revoked
I love how
@staceyabrams
masters the facts and has bold ideas--but still has the humanity to say yeah, I'm pissed about the Georgia governor's race. She'd be a fantastic addition to the Democratic field in 2020:
@PodSaveAmerica
I passed my copy of
@DanRather
's book
#WhatUnitesUs
on to my father. If you haven't read it, pick up a copy this weekend. It's not partisan, it's patriotic--and as soothing to read as listening to Rather's warm Texas twang.
"No man who is corrupt, no man who condones corruption in others, can possibly do his duty by the community." - Theodore Roosevelt, who understood that clean government couldn't be a partisan issue. It must be part of
#WhatUnitesUs
Faris Nunn, 8, was sitting by third base in Nationals Park with her family when shots rang out: “It was my second shooting. So I was kind of prepared ... I always am expecting something to happen.”
We don’t have to live like this. Text ACT to 644-33.
👁️Watching—Coronaviruses (non-COVID) spiking in Western US. Also
#COVID19
hospitalizations have done a U-turn and increasing once again. It seems flu dropping (less viral interference) and COVID immunity waning may be allowing diff coronaviruses to return.
With 7.8 million viewers, Fox News Channel beat all its cable and broadcast competitors--and had the highest-rated midterms election coverage in cable news history:
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@ForbesEnt
@BretBaier
@marthamaccallum
@yuhgetintoitye
@evilrashida
They need constant reminding... it's like they just can't understand a simple concept--or, that bisexuality really unsettles people
"This is not normal. These are extraordinary times. Dangerous times," says Obama, urging voters to prepare for November and a chance to restore "sanity."
The same
@NRA
that refuses to concede irresponsible gun owners are getting a lot of kids killed is the same group fighting SO hard to keep doctors from asking about safe storage of guns in the family home. Explain how any of this helps anyone other than the NRA?
My God. Gun violence is the second leading cause of death for U.S. children; 35% of child/teen gun deaths are suicides—900+ per year. In 80% of cases, the gun belonged to a parent or relative. Yet she’s telling parents it’s not about responsible storage.
SURGING 🏥—Hospitalizations for
#COVID19
is surging sharply ⬆️ 15.6% in England🏴 again—across **ALL AGE GROUPS**, elderly to kids. Notably, hospitalizations up ⬆️ 26% in kids 6-17 in just 1 week. This is
#BA2
subvariant + no mitigations that we warned about.
HT
@Antonio_Caramia
It is SO HUGELY important when anyone with a platform, a profile or an audience steps up and says, yes, me too.
#OCD
is a beast, but it's not something to be ashamed of. By stepping up,
@lelepons
leads the way. Rock on!
Worried—Hospitalizations for
#COVID19
are rising exponentially again in Florida and New York. Meanwhile, NJ COVID hospitals admissions is second largest by number, while VT largest by percentage. Florida 🏥 are sharply rising—faster than last Omicron wave.
Figure by
@DrWilliamKu
BREAKING: 4 police officers forcibly removed journalist Grant Stern for asking Kevin McCarthy a question—why he opposed the bipartisan Jan 6th Commission. This is outrageous and shouldn’t happen in America. This is what fascists do. Let’s make this viral.
MSNBC's
@chrislhayes
tells me it takes a lot of caffeine, exercise and adrenaline to keep up with the pace of news in the Trump era "and often, even those aren't enough and I have to do more caffeine":
@allinwithchris
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@ForbesEnt
If you follow
@antifaoperative
you quickly learn that these people are EVERYWHERE and usually in positions of authority in the community (police, church, the military) and yet MAGA insists it's queer folk and drag queens we need to watch out for.
Florida retired Air Force Senior Master Sergeant, Dennis Houchin, has been arrested for altering photos of one of his underage relatives to create child sexual abuse material.
Staring at this graph—most striking is that the troughs of each
#COVID
hospitalization wave is higher and higher each wave… & broader as well. Flu may be one and done each year, but
#COVID19
hospital admissions just keeps humming along. Concerning.
#CovidIsNotOver
HY
@jneill
THIS is what I've feared for months. Back in school, and kids under 12 STILL can't be given the vaccine. At what point does the risk of not vaccinating outweigh the potential for complications?
⚠️NEW RECORD HIGH
#COVID19
cases in Florida children—and surging all while adult cases slowing. ➡️For the first time, incidence in age <12 now **exceed adults**! However, FL only reports once/week—no update until Friday—We need daily data
@GovRonDeSantis
!🧵
Figure by
@wkdragon88
Despite rumors suggesting Fox News wouldn't even carry the
#MuellerHearings
, FNC drew the largest audience overall, more than 3 million viewers:
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@ForbesEnt
CHRIS WALLACE: "But -- but just to button this up very quickly, sir, are you saying that if you become president, you might try to appoint justices to overrule the decision on same-sex marriage?”
TRUMP: “I would strongly consider that, yes.”
[Fox News Sunday, 1/31/2016]
Well look what just appeared in our yard, fresh from some sort of wibbly wobbly timey wimey trip—and it brought books! (Lots, since it’s bigger on the inside)
@LtlFreeLibrary
@DoctorWho_BBCA
Fox News anchor
@BretBaier
will go for a run in Central Park Tuesday morning, then stop and light a candle at St. Patrick's Cathedral. After that, it could be a long night:
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@ForbesEnt
When Republicans use language like “deranged shooter,” make no mistake: they’re using language deliberately to mislead. They want to put the focus on mental illness, not guns. But it’s all a lie—and a profoundly damaging one.
“An attack on society itself.” LOL. Well, society, prepare for my ongoing attacks, I guess. I don’t like getting sick and have enjoyed remaining healthy.
Wearing a mask when it is not medically necessary is grotesque and unhuman, an attack on society itself. It feeds paranoia and fear. You are treating air like it is toxic and other humans like they are nothing but vessels of disease. It is disgraceful, arrogant, and offensive.
NEW:
@Johnny_Joey
Jones will host "For News Tonight" next week. Tied to Memorial Day, the combat-wounded vet will include special coverage of veterans during the week (Tuesday-Friday)
@forbes
A successful person who's always smiling, successful at work, and charming as hell may also be fighting a daily life-or-death battle. The wounds don't show, but the pain is extraordinary. Be compassionate. Be there. Believe.
I wish I could vote for
@brittlestar
, who's the best Canadian import since Molson. But seriously watch this. And remember. The terrible people vote. So you need to vote.