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>> thank you, sir. all right. well, this is going to be hard. before we go to break, we do want to mark the passing of one of our favorite guests. you may have heard this week that media critic eric bowler was a passionate voice against right-wing extremism and hypocrisy in the media. through media matters, salon, and his newspaper "press run," he challenged those trying to poison our public discourse. eric died this week after being hit by a train while cycling. we want to send our deepest co...

Why should one man in the u.s. senate have this kind of power to break the backs of families. i have an assistant with four children, someone who does work for me. she relies on that tax credit. her family uses that tax credit for children, four of them, and to say this isnt impacting real peoples lives is ridiculous because of course it is. and joe manchin has too much power. we need filibuster reform or we need to deal with that issue because if this is whats happening on build back better, jo...

Unveiling additional measures to combat the virus, the president will issue, quote, a stark warning of what the winter will look like for americans that choose to remain unvaccinated. were all getting a taste of that already. new york reached a record number of daily cases this week. more than 21,000 in a single day. thats a record for the entire pandemic. and live entertainment is being put on the back burner. broadway performances are being canceled. the rockettes ended their christmas season ...

And ultimately theyre going to have the same fight that the republicans are having right now, which is a pretty bad one. the party split and i see that happening for the democrats if they dont get the situation under control. >> eric, do you see it that way? >> well, you know, to the question of whos president? you know, joe manchins best day of his life was when democrats won two runoffs in georgia. he was the happiest man in washington because he knew, he knew the power he had. in terms of who...

Out of state volunteers and a 35 point lead two months before the election, you assume that person is going to win. and that was the position nina turner was in. if you blow that kind of structural lead and name recognition, you really have to look at yourself and how you blew that lead rather than claiming it was an outside force. i cant think of another example of someone blowing a lead that big outside of a scandal. >> you just opened a hornets nest. eric, i want to turn to you, because, agai...

Turner. is this race really a proxy war for democratic divides, and does it really tell us anything about how democrats will do next november? lets get into it. joining me now, my friend and nemesis, dr. jason johnson, msnbc political contributor and professor at morgan state university and returning champ, eric bowler, author and editor. love your morning newsletter. >> jason, i want to start with you because i loved your piece where you talk about this and you make startling claims. i think tw...

>> those tweets then get repeated and read on tv. >> its tweeted as news. were in 2019 and we have news organizations tweeting those as news amplifying the lies. weve got to fix that. >> its a difficult place to be when he withdraws from syria on twitter, right? >> exactly. >> yeah. what do you do? >> jason, tiffany, e.j. will be back later. eric bowler, have a wonderful, happy holiday. next up, your year end, yes, were going to bring it to you, your moment of maxine for 2018.

Spiro agnew, none of it matters anymore. thats interesting. we are so far beyond that now. trump is a pathological, mentally unstable person and thats what journalists should be saying every day. >> he lies. >> euphemisms. >> exactly. we need to know that because -- because frankly we have the history of our country in our hands and to consistently clarify, this is a lie, it is a lie, today he is lying. we have to say that. we cannot sit back and let this be some kind of normality. >> 69% of ame...

The shop, made for tv unveiling of the supreme court pick brett kavanaugh. shine controlled details like flattering lighting for trump and the timing. it happened to coincide with the a-block of fox host and trump pal/adviser sean hannitys primetime show. trumps adoration of all innings fox serves as the backdrop of his trip to europe as he consistently bashes any other outlet as fake news. joining me is gabe sherman, vanity fair, eric bowler, senior writer. lillian maxwell, director of progress...

Youll definitely only hear me say this once. sarah huckabee sanders is right. there are bigger things going on than abcs firing of roseanne barr. that didnt stop donald trump from tweeting about it sending media into overdrive covering all things roseanne. stories like reports of a grossly underestimated death toll in puerto rico after hurricane maria. the leaking of the jobs report by trump. and a looming trade war with americas closest allies. this week crystallizes a question weve seen throug...