.@velshi.com “Head in the sand”? Please. Part of the problem is limp news coverage that turns every Dem wobble into a five-alarm fire while treating GOP extremism as background noise. That’s what depresses our base.
.@velshi.com “Head in the sand”? Please. Part of the problem is limp news coverage that turns every Dem wobble into a five-alarm fire while treating GOP extremism as background noise. That’s what depresses our base.
Fucking A
Yes, exactly! Thank you, Jaime!
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Get him, Jaime. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You were an absolute fucking disaster. The fact that this post exists confirms it.
Exactly Jaime! Ridiculous. They have always been lame when it comes to the dems.
📌 I will SOON be responding to MR Velshi.
He blocked me so good luck!
I never thought I would agree with anything Jaime says but he is 💯 right here @velshi.com MSM is definitely part of the problem.
Veshi is either a closet Republican supporter, or a whore for his mainstream media bosses who benefit from Republican tax cuts. You decide.
My money is on the latter. I stopped listening to Veshi's biased commentary long ago.
That train is never late. 🙄 I’ve never seen people hold such a grudge for so long over someone so unaccomplished. Unless you consider authoring a bunch of books while being paid by us to unsuccessfully legislate an accomplishment.
I've been saying this for over a year! The democratic party is being sabotaged, by the right, the left, the progressives, the media, and then they go "oh low polling" and "messaging" they are the effing messaging killers.
A quarter century of being Munchausen'd by everybody and people wonder why it's been weakened. I'd rather lose elections honorably than reward any of the people that engaged in it.
Plus, Jaime Harrison is no longer the head of the DNC. So how are his posts the cause of depressing the base. When all else fails, they blame Black people who are the true base of the Democratic Party.
Some people put more energy into fighting democrats than they do the fascism.
But this is going beyond fighting Democrats. They are spending a lot of time going after Black Democrats specifically. We see them.
They had since the beginning I well recall them prostesting Black elected officials
"People say they don't like Democrats" but when you interrogate why it turns out that it's mostly because of made-up shit, and most of the stuff that's not made up amounts to them being mad that Democrats don't agree with them that the US should be a cishet-normative patriarchal white ethnostate
Cowardly Velshi is blocking accounts that voice their support of Dems and agree with Jaime Harrison.
Me too me too me too
Mr. Harrison is absolutely correct. Few have done more to help Republicans, than Ali Velshi and his ridiculously-named MS Now.
Absolutely, the media is owned by rich fucks that want to destroy the country for deregulation.
The media should have been called out a long time ago for the tilted playing field that they've created and the damage that it's caused. Keep going. Hold his feet to fire.
And considering the fact that we were under assault by at least 3 different foreign adversaries and domestically outnumbered and out funded…. Every platform seems to be a breeding ground for mis/dis info and now add the ai bots by 100 million…..
I do not see dem leadership doing all they can. I see lots of words and no action. @booker.senate.gov stood for 24+ hours then immediately voted for kushner, a felon and good friend. I see many senators tell us this is not acceptable then vote for his cabinet. As a lifelong Dem, I’m fed up.
-Researching and correcting MAGA lies is not very exciting. You report what you find, as dispassionately as you can to be credible to your audience. #MSNBC
Hey Jaime, thanks for supporting the only party, the Dems, fighting against extremist, fascist GOP. Ignore two bit talking heads trying to gin up clicks. They don't care if they divide Dems. Mamdani threw Dem endorsements out the window when he dissed Kamala. He has only himself to blame for a loss.
You have a very valid point.
@Jamie, package and market successes and positions. Sorry, but it'll help the tragically inadequate media. Also, someone in addition to Reps Crockett and AOC should be in front of a microphone daily. Must take your victories loudly! Lead the headlines, stop only reacting to the bad guys.
@malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social has the skills and the work ethic for this.
You know Mr. Harrison isn’t in charge anymore, right?
Narrator: Nope.
At least they want people in addition to AOC & Rep. Crockett.
there are no microphones! our news media is broken. There are many who are out there far more than Crockett and O-C.
Thank you!!! I’m so sick of it and appreciate you so much. 🙏
This is very well said. Republicans’ slide into outright Nazism is treated as the air we breathe while Democrats’ real-time decisionmaking is commented on breathlessly 24 hours a day.
Seems like a problem you ought to be solving. Been like this forever, any solutions? No?
For all of those reasons I don’t watch MSNBC or any mainstream news. They’re all trumpers.
Is the base depressed? www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
Republicans have tons of allies giving them nothing but adoring coverage & never attacking them & always defending them. Democrats get attacked by everyone-the right, the left, even their supposed allies are always criticizing them.
Thanks, Jaime. I’ve been debating Ali back & forth today. Your turn.
True.
Yes Sir 👏👏👏 Mr Harrison your work is greatly appreciated 🙏
Oh my God, he decided to come for YOU? He really needs to make better choices.
You’d think they would learn.
DEMOCRATS HAVE TO MAKE THEIR OWN NEWS AND DON'T STAY SHUT .🐓💩 MOTHERFUCKERS.
Jamie, I was excited when you were named chair. I’m a true blue Dem- Sr citizen, never missed an election - loyal in the extreme . But, most of us are FURIOUS at the lack of fight we see from DEMS! DC is NOT a distraction! It’s a dress rehearsal. EVERY agency is being destroyed. He’ll rig’26. FIGHT!
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Why? Democrats are saying it's no big deal, just a "distraction"? Your example illustrates the point. A few good Dems like Raskin aren't getting the backup from the party. You need leadership to drive a message or a large number of rank and file. Neither is happening.
Legislation doesn't matter in a dictatorship. The #1, #2, #3, #4 priorities have to be preventing Trump from becoming a dictator. Other than Pritzker, Newsom, and a handful of others what are Democrats doing about that? Step one is clearly, loudly raising the alarm.
Thank goodness for Newsom and Pritzker. Our almost VP Walz has been out holding meetings, as well. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social is out there, as is @aoc.bsky.social and @crockett.house.gov . But that’s a really small showing. ALL s/b loud about all the authoritarian things happening. Daily!
And now Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. The good news is the cream is rising to the top. The bad news is the cream is very thin. Most Democrats are in hiding waiting to see where the winds blow when they emerge in 2026 or 2028. The problem is there may not be a 2026 or 2028 because of the cowardice!
I agree. Wes Moore has risen to the challenge, too. They should jettison political consultants who say - let them impl their agenda & we’ll win in ‘26. There’s no guarantee there will be a free & fair (or any) election in ‘26. They’re playing by old rules in an environment that no longer exists.
Pollsters are backward looking. Remember how bad the polling was on immigration? Then Van Hollen took the initiative and Trump's numbers have never recovered on immigration. Leadership matters. You can never imagine Schumer or Jeffries doing what Van Hollen did.
Agreed. I acknowledge they are smart men , but, their instincts and the strategic advice they’re getting is all wrong for this moment. After 7 mos that must be clear to them at this point. Again, I think the resistance shd have started in Nov because this was all spelled out in p2025..clearly.
Yep that makes it worse because they had the playbook in front of them. Newsom and Pritzker don't emerge as these stars in the summer if Schumer and Jeffries had been leading the charge since January.
Agreed. I read about Bills- nice in a normal session-this isn’t that. I will scream if I hear leadership has written 1 more “strongly worded letter”. Look to Pete Buttigieg for msging. Maybe Congr DEMS need 1 strong spox DAILY pointing out - soldiers in streets, Agencies being destroyed fr within.
They have some good communicators like Raskin, Crockett, Goldman, Murphy, AOC but none of them are in top House or Senate leadership roles. You need Schumer, Jeffries to lead the charge or step aside.
💯 and I tell them that in every phone call … several times a week. Why the DEM leadership wasn’t in conferences starting the day after the election est a strategy instead of public pronouncements “we will work across the aisle to find common ground” is a mystery. It shd have been full on obstruction
Jeffries' DC office doesn't even take phone calls (Schumer's does). What a joke 🤣.
I’ve gotten through to Jeffies staff many times. He and Schumer have had many successes, I’m sure, but, they are not the leaders for this time. And if they truly revere the Constitution & democracy they should step aside from their leadership positions- for the good of the country.
This is habitual with Ali Velshi. I blocked him on Twitter when he claimed Obama had done nothing in response to Putin's initial invasion of Ukraine in 2014. I might have to block him here too if he continues this bullshit.
I just called him a hack and he blocked me! What a loser!
No loss.
I mean, the regular press is complicit with everything that is happening.
Oh absolutely! They’ve turned into a propaganda machine for the evil regime!
...put David Hogg in charge, heads will roll, flames will some, things will get done, action is better than all the worlds...
We see how the left is treating Black politicians. They are just as bad as MAGA to Black people. Black people show up for Dems. We are the base. But their white supremacy has them insulting the base, even though it's Black politicians getting arrested, indicted, attacked & harassed to fight MAGA.
They are not subtle about it and it’s appalling.
Mmmhmmmmmm
Also not telling the truth about Trump…
This guy is doubling down on this BS. In all my years of watching him and MSNBC, I have never heard them mention the RNC Chair, let alone ridicule them, degrade them and tell their viewers that they are useless. I had to fucking Google who the RNC Chair was. Ok. I bet not many know who they are.
I only know because the most-recent former RNC chair is now running for the Senate against Cooper in NC. The new chair is some rando state senator from Florida whose only qualification is that he regularly fellates Trump.
Good Lord, is it Joe Grueters, my former state senator who is an incompetent grifter??? He is in over his head.
That would be him, lol.
Not a peep about from Ali Velshi and the MSNBC crew on this. 🤦🏻♀️
All of the mainstream media needs to do some self reflection. They surrendered, from 2015 telephone calls to morning shows normalizing the abnormal , and still using fauxinfotaiment news narrative to this day. It's journalistic malpractice. There is no both sides with overt fascism.
I told him he was doing this wrong and to step away from the pod bros and the never Trumpers and he immediately blocked me. Like how is that “journalism”, when you block mild criticism?
But they shit on democrats on the regular and call it “criticism” but when mildly criticized themsleves, they lose their shit.
Every damn time.
To be fair I read the transcript of the segment criticizing Schumer, Jeffries, and Gillibrand. There are no specific grievances, just that they're not "fighting" hard enough like Sanders, AOC, and Mamdani. That's not journalism, that's a rant.
How are Sanders, AOC, and Mamdani "fighting" other than by saying things? Does he say? 😗
He mentioned Newsom and Pritzker. Newsom has changed the entire national conversation from Sacramento . Why can't Schumer and Jeffries from DC?
They aren't the ones that made Trump the "national conversation" in the first place...or the second place 😗
Plus it’s a bald faced lie. Just a trash comment.
Right, I thought, ok let me read what he said before I assume the worst and it was even worse than I thought. He asked why they couldn't fight like FDR or Lincoln... they were presidents with all of the power that came with it. He also cited Pritzer and Newsom. Sir, be serious now...
Transcripts are so often FAR worse than the video.
He’s got “mole” for the bad guys energy. A lot of it.
The executive branch has different powers and he knows that. I need these pundits to explain how ranting about a vague demand and airing grievances about normie Dems not kissing Mamdani's ring is "truth" and journalism. Then we're all doing journalism by posting shit on the internet.
Kay Abu, running for the 9th dist. In Illinois, doesn’t live in her dist. Hold most events in the city, does a lot of stuff to get attention; and the mamdani line crowd loves her. But the district doesn’t. She’s a grift. He’s got that energy sometimes. Grift.
I was at an event and saw her. She’s a mess.
They've confused political punditry for some kind of authority on truth. He's just reporting on his own opinion. If he's not careful he's going to go down the Tapper path of trying to warp the truth to match his opinion and torching his reputation. Mamdani even distanced himself from DSA. Come on.
It’s an embarrassment and no wonder nobody is watching. What kind of business model is this? You shit on your customers, they leave you and you double down? It’s not journalism it’s pushing their owners agenda. It’s fascism.
He specifically mentioned Newsom, Pritzker, Murphy. They aren't fighting? How do you change public opinion when you call even tanks in the streets a "distraction"?
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Time to move away from mainstream media. There is plenty of information online.
Honestly as a Dem it is disappointing to say the least how little we are hearing from leaders. GET CREATIVE. DO SOMETHING.
When is the last time Chuck Schumer did a national interview? He's the highest ranking Democrat in the nation.
Chucks life is all wound up in the money. His wife his daughter... he's wrapped up tight. Jeffries? I dunno what his issues are unless he's taking his cues from Nancy Pelosi. The sit back do nothing & watch agenda. Mostly its protecting their brands charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/no-youre-n...
Jeffries seems to do nothing without mass polling and focus group support. The exact opposite of what a leader does. He couldn't even say occupying Chicago are the actions of a dictator. He waved it away as a "distraction." Schumer has disappeared.
I'm telling you they're getting some kind of benefit from all this. Like I said Schumer is. His entire family makes money off policy. Jefferies... best I can tell is he's a damp rag in an expensive suit.
Thank you! He won't listen. The media thinks they can never do wrong.
Dang, Mr. Harrison, you're good.
Yep. Speaks truth with the utmost class.
(Kinda like a former Vice-President. 😊)
I’m with Jaime. 🔥🔥🔥
Same here that is why Instopped watching MSNBC after their debate coverage
Same
Jaimie- you’re going to have to screenshot any of his responses- he has literally blocked all of us in the comments .. And we’re no bodies .. lol Nothing says standing by your high quality “journalism” by blocking everyone who criticizes you.. @velshimsnbc.bsky.social
He will block you too.
Ooop, he just blocked me 🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣 I'm waiting for mine, so I'm doing screen shots of everything.
Did you get blocked too? Mild criticism and he blocked me with in 8 minutes.
So the media is definitely guilty of “both sides”ing everything. Right now though, Democratic approval ratings are in the tank because Democrats aren’t fighting. They are listening to DC consultants who are telling them to just focus on tariffs and midterms. That is not going to cut it.
Blah! Blah! If you are not watching the good work, you can shush.
What exactly is the good work right now in DC?
Who do you follow? Because the information is available. I see it. Stop getting scammed by grifters.
Which party controls all 3 branches? Also, This is an amazing and informative interview with Leader Jeffries by Zackory, Tiff, and Kenny. Good information to share & prepare for the upcoming Fed budget and CA votes that are coming. Listen. youtu.be/uohUQBxc1gg youtu.be/uohUQBxc1gg
They definitely ARE fighting with all of the tools at their disposal. If you're not keeping up with them, that's a YOU problem.
I think this is too complicated but if Democrats did even a third of this, that would be doing something. robertreich.substack.com/p/if-democra...
I’m somewhat involved w/TX Dems. A lot of RR’s list (and I absolutely love him) can’t happen simultaneously. It happens sequentially. If we take back house in ‘26 w big enough margins, THEN we make sure it doesn’t happen again. The HUGEST disappointment is media giving GOP a pass on everything.
I agree with that. His list is too much to be done at once. Right now, I don’t see DC Dems doing hardly anything on the list. I’m very proud of most of the Texas Dems though. They have fought with every tool they have. And yes there’s plenty of blame for the media but Dem leadership has to step up.
That’s just not true at all. Pritzker is fighting. Texas Dems are fighting. Newsom is fighting. Jeffries and Schumer aren’t doing anything. They keep voting for Trump’s appointees. Why? They are doing nothing about the guard in DC. They should hold press conferences daily and have a shadow gov.
That’s not what depresses your base. The lack of organized and sustained opposition to maga is why we’re depressed. She campaigned on “he wrote it down” Where is the strategy - where is the plan- where is the communication from leadership? The media sucks- but it’s not why we’re depressed.
“We” who? Bc Black Americans the demo who always votes for American principles, is not depressed. It is you fuks who dont listen to or follow our lead bc that WS bone ur socialized into kicks in whether you know it or not. Get a clue
I’m so fucking over random people pretending they know me and my policies based on a fucking post I swear to heaven this thread is just ridiculous Dems need to do more to lead That’s not a crazy statement and a majority of people in this country agree. Maybe listen
I know you fuks better than you know yourselves. Our survival has depended upon it. Your harkening to WW2 as if we Black Americans dont know what fighting looks like is indicative of your stupid azz needing to listen for a change instead of giving in to that WS tenet of thinkin u know everything.
JFC
That’s Black JFC
it's because we know what they are actually doing so we know you're full of shit. That would be the reason no one is agreeing with you but the very sensitive journalist who is blocking everyone who disagrees with him like a big weenie.
It's why I'm depressed. I can see our leaders working pretty hard and I can see the press working hard to suppress their work.
I’m just gonna leave this here. bsky.app/profile/arie...
Yeah that’s great If you folks who can’t hear anything negative about Dems don’t see and feel the issue I can’t help you. I’m begging Dems to communicate more with Americans who don’t read the news- who aren’t on social media- but they aren’t. But that’s fine I’m sure It can wait. Whatever
Are you on the ground talking to voters in real life? If so, is this what they are saying? What state, city or town are you in? 🤔
But please continue to pretend that everything is fine- that Dems are being strong enough- that their message is clear enough- that they have gotten their policies across to the voters That they are cutting thru the noise- giving voters hope- allowing them to see and hear their leaders daily
Literally no one is “pretending everything is fine” and your doomer bullshit isn’t helping. If you’re looking for leadership to hold your hand through this that’s a you problem.
I muted them. Zero clue.
It's so crazy how the people that do the least talk the most. All the damned time.
I’m a democrat who donates and works and makes calls and volunteers weekly and because you don’t like the posts I’ve made to Jamie harrison you’re just a massive troll now. It’s weird and I’m just going to mute you now. Find a mirror- work on your issues because man this is eye opening
You’ve got multiple skeets to anyone that calls you out on your bullshit and in all of them you jump to the maximalist negative position right out of the gate but -I’m- the troll. Sure, Jan.
It’s not fucking being a doomer to fucking live in reality Which based on the Dem cheerleaders here isn’t where y’all live. I fucking work and also volunteer and for better and more so fuck your damn bullshit blaming me for where we are. I’m so sick of the blue crew who can’t hear feedback
We’re literally asking for the mainstream media with the largest audience to cut through the noise with clear messages & policies.
Huh? Thats the job of the DNC and the Dems. They need a better marketing and comms team- some individual Dems are amazing (you might notice the age of the comms teams doing super work) those people with the new ideas and teams from this century are cutting thru but the party isn’t Not enough
Look at you doing the thing.
The defensiveness is off the fucking charts as usual. And yes I am- I belong to two voters groups in Vermont and MA. Many hundreds of voters who have taken to the streets and are fighting for democracy. Without national support from Dems. Without a clear leader. Without daily pushback
Then you should know that all politics is local and Dem Reps, Senators, Governors are out there with their constituents, meeting with them, talking at rallies and marching with them. You should also know that the NE states Governors, along with NY, NJ and PA signed a vaccine agreement.
Yeah that’s good I am unclear why the defensiveness over hearing that people want more leadership from the Dems. They want more visibility. The media SUCKS. But come on- if you don’t see there is an issue with the marketing and communication plan from Dems I don’t know on what planet you live.
What now? trump is a cash cow! That’s all they talked about during Biden administration. It’s a show they are all entertainment shows. They are out there. Maybe you aren’t looking in the right places!
Ah yes that’s right Politics is about voters having to look for information in places that are “right”… Again- media is bad But that’s not the only problem for the Dems
I don’t learn anything new about what the dems are doing on Tv. I do however, find quite a bit when I follow them on social media.
We know there is an issue with the media not reporting what Dems are doing in their state. Or what Schumer and Jeffries are doing behind the scenes. Then people who are terminally online, like you, pick this misinformation up and fucking doom post about it until it becomes your fucking truth.
That’s not who I am But again- thanks for assuming you know me- know my background- know what I think and do And asking for more from my representatives is not being a doomer It’s called reality Y’all really don’t hear yourselves or realize how off putting what you say is to other Dems. Amazing
Sorry, gotta run, I have a candidate Meet & Greet to get ready for. You know what those are right Mr. I'm a Democrat 🤔
Sounds like you need to get your head out of the sand yourself.
Sounds like you need to get out of your echo chamber Cuz you’re in one. But I’m sure it’s fine It worked out so well for us last time- it’ll be fine Ok cheerleaders I’m out
We're depressed because SHE SAID EVERYTHING AND YOU WOULDN'T LISTEN.
You’re right I’m the problem The democratic leadership is fine and they are doing an amazing job It’s me
It's a YOU problem.
You’re so maga like I’m asking a Democrat with power to do more- and the response from other dems like you- personal attacks From every single one who responded to me. Blaming me for asking for more. Suggesting I do nothing - when none of you know me or what I do. Pathetic
How many times in the last four years have you spoken to your Vice President, Senator, Congressional representative, County Commissioner, City Councilmember, and Mayor?
DRAG HIM
MSNBC has made Trump the center of the universe, giving him endless oxygen while Democratic wins barely get a mention. That doesn’t build confidence, it feeds despair.
I have to agree with you there. Rachael and Lawrence are exceptions.
Barely. The rest of @msnbc.com is becoming wonky.
I haven’t watched in awhile but if Lawrence has caved too I’ll be devastated.
Assuming that @MSNBC doesn't want despair...
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AMEN!! Summed up beautifully.
Your blaming MSNBC? Seriously? Did MSNBC cave to the GOP the way Schumer did? Giving the GOP the entire cake? Ir did MSNBC force Biden out of the race? No, that was Pelosi and George Clooney.
Seriously lady shut the entire fuck up and stop talking down to a black man like you’re the massa’s wife.
*you’re
Are there really people still arguing that Biden should have stayed in the race? Good Lord!
He's blaming Ali Velshi for Democrats having a brand problem, not Democratic leaders. When is the last time Chuck Schumer did a national interview? When is the last time Jeffries made news for something other than undermining Zohran Mamdani?
Yes, MSNBC "caved." And Schumer didn't, in fact he has been a strong wall against the worst things Senate Republicans tried. MSNBC gave trump unlimited air, and normalized EVERYTHING he did.
Oh please. Schumer’s deal regarding the budget was to give the GOP everything they wanted to get that ridiculous CR. It’s foolish to blame MSNBC for the missteps of Democrats. Schumer is unsuited for this moment. Chris Murphy or Cory Booker would be better.
The only leverage Democrats had was government funding. Schumer gave it away with getting nothing back in exchange.
Please explain what leverage they had with government funding. Please explain what the Min. Sen. Leader gave away.
Give us a list of things that Congressional Dem leadership could have done to stop the BBBB: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
It’s a YOU problem. Not a bot, nor am I uninformed or dumb. You just cannot comprehend. Sad.
They could have convinced their GOP counterparts to stop it. They did not. They could have not given the votes for the CR, without firm guarantees. Schumer folded like a worn out suit.
Are you mind-numbingly dumb, or just a bot? "not given the votes" WOULDN'T HAVE STOPPED IT! Read a book.
Do you honestly think you can diminish me away, son? Read a book? Which one? I’ve read thousands.
Oh, you self-diminished. Agreed, you don't need me. Where are my lists?
Typical male response when challenged by a female: Call her stupid (which you’ve now done twice.) Your LOL. I got a list for you…One: Respect those who are older and smarter than you. Two: Come up with an argument that doesn’t rely on ad hominem arguments. Three: Understand folks know more than you.
Do they have bully pulpits? Look at what Newsom and Pritzker are doing and they don't have the national press corps following them each day. When is the last time Schumer did a national interview? Jeffries is visible but ineffective.
Lol billy pulpits Dems did town halls in all 50states including in red America they didn't move Republican votes against it .
No. There are no bully pulpits. Our Fourth estate is Fucked. There Is No National Press Corp that will pay attention! Does Sen Min. Leader Schumer own a news network? Would you move the goalposts for him as you do for Jeffries? Why are you simply MAGA?
And for bonus points, a list of ways a government shutdown would have benefitted you, since Senate Maj. Leader Schumer prevented it: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Insert eye roll here…
So, nothing?
Thy got nothin'.
Well, I’d really like to hear your answer. Or is an eye roll all you have because you know you got nothing?
It's a YOU problem. Booker (the king of performativeland) and Murphy (joe is demented!) can go f themselves.
Along with anyone who objects to Israel’s actions, MSNBC, and any other bogeyman you name?
Naturally, Doug. LOL.
NAILED it!
MSM sucks! They actively campaigned for him before the election. They love the drama he brings. VP Harris could have pooped gold bricks on live TV, and MSM would have complained they were not the right size.
Hi, Jaime. I still have some of your flip flops. I’ve been a fan for awhile. I AGREE!!! So, where’s Jake Tapper when ya need him??? Be nice if he’d just sorta mention Biden’s ankles…
No media looking for a star! Democracy is big and serves many! Can’t help media shape the story but they can’t see how they push Democrats to articulate and moderate people! But MAGA is still loud & wrong! Media afraid of loud Democrats; remember Jamal from NY! Just stick your point!
Every Dem family fight gets magnified into “the party in disarray,” while GOP fractures are brushed aside. It divides us when we need to project strength.
Why are you calling the Republicans the GOP? The TrumpubliKKKans are not the GOP of your youth, they are the monstrous evolution turbo-boosted by Islamophobia as accelerant.
Down-ballot Democrats barely exist in MSNBC coverage. Meanwhile Fox elevates every random GOP backbencher into a national figure. That’s a huge imbalance.
Jamie I interview LOTS of down ballot democrats - 4-5 this week alone, plus Frost and Justin Jones and Rebecca Cook and Caitelyn Drey and Josh Turek and David Pepper and Ben Wikler and every TX legislator I could find. THIS WEEK ALONE. When you have a specific criticism of my show I’ll welcome it
Ali - there needs to be an in depth dive how these two use the DSCC during primaries to annoint a candidate they perceive as the most mainstream, despite saying the committee does not get involved in primaries. They & the DSCC have poor records for succes. We will all suffer in 2026.
You also criticized Democrats for not endorsing Mamdani. You said you wouldn’t support them but you’d support Mamdani.
Yes I did. I also said I’d vote for Liz Cheney with whom I share no views except the preservation of democracy. The two of them have one thing in common - they are fearless fighters.
Well said.
Continuing to misspell his name as "Jamie" seems very purposeful and disrespectful. And if it's not, then it's just sloppy and shoddy.
It’s an iPhone autocorrect - I just did it once I think.
No, you didn't.
You’re right - twice same problem it a phone autocorrect. Same reason most people type my name as Ari, which doesn’t offend me. But I apologize. Absolutely no disrespect intended
Thank you for acknowledging that. Jaime is the one who needs to hear it.
Hey @jaimeharrison.bsky.social my phone twice autocorrected your name To Jamie. My apologies - no disrespect intended.
Why arent you inviting the democratic winners in Iowa and Nebraska?
Um, I did. Both. Spoke to them this week. I’m curious. Why would you think I didn’t? And did you watch the segment, because I specifically reference the Iowa victory in it.
I am watching via youtube. I follow every democrat there.
I have been feeling democrats are being suppressed there and that I have to type overly specific to find interviews and sometimes they arent posted at all. Aint your fault… struggling tho. I don’t have TV.
Ps. If you can fix that, please do! I promise I share the videos of democrats. Its what I do here.
Ali, then you’re indeed the exception, my friend. But just as you bristled at me making a blanket assertion about news coverage, you probably shouldn’t issue blanket accusations about the Democratic Party. There are a lot of folks fighting and utilizing the tools (sometimes limited) they have.
My suggestion focused largely on Schumer, Jeffries and Gillibrand. It was not an indictment of the party. It was hyper specific.
Jeffries has not ever endorsed a mayor and it isn’t clear that Mamdani even wants Jeffries’ endorsement. Tbh I can VERY easily see very online lefties quite viciously turning on Mamdani should Jeffries publicly endorse.
Because they haven’t endorsed the DSA candidate running for mayor of New York. That’s a bullshit reason to criticize them.
It’s a perfectly valid reason for a lot of young people who supported him in NY. But again it wasn’t central to my criticism; it was but an example.
How about this folks? How about we let Republicans be the center of attention on the national level. While the Democrats campaigning on a granular level. Meet voters in their district speak to local TV network i.e., the gentleman running for mayor in New York.
He’s running a flawless campaign, who devotes most of his time to local reporters. He’s everywhere and not in an annoying way. Let the Republicans take up all the oxygen, on the national level, right now it’s toxic. Focus on local issues district by district.
So what? Since when are you their spokesperson? Where were they November 5 when their votes really mattered? Mamdani supported Uncommitted & Abandon Harris. He isn’t owed an endorsement from any Democratic elected. He used the Democratic Party to get elected.
I think we agreed a couple hours ago that you’re not going to vote for Zohran, you’re not sold on city owned grocery stores, and we share a view that everyone should have healthcare coverage but we aren’t agreed on what form that should take. Why don’t we call it a win for hearty debate
I live here, and Jeffries didn't endorse DeBlasio or Adams either, and no one cared. It's important for people to know that this isn't an aberration. It's why I'm tired of folks pretending like it's somehow 'different.' It's not.
Oh, it’s different. Mamdani is a phenomenon. neither DeBlasio nor Adams were. Mamdani is where dems need to be - not ideologically - but tactically. No one endorsed Adams because he was a flawed candidate but Schumer endorsed DeBlasio.
He isn't the "DSA Candidate". He's the winner of the Democratic Primary. Maybe New York is different, but in the Midwest, being an "Establishment Democrat" means supporting the person who won the primary until there is another primary.
He’s a DSA candidate who used the Democratic Party to run for office.
And now he’s the democratic nominee, as Bernie would have been if the party had supported him
He won our primary. One problem the Democratic Party has is lack of discipline. Running against a primary winner should get you shunned by the party forever.
Please more like Gavin Newsome!
Shut up
Oh my gosh, you don't even know me. I just want to see somebody fight like hell. We're losing our democracy. But if it makes you feel better to rip into to me, sure, that's a great solution. Peace.
So you admit the only people you’d vote for is a white man? Got it
What? I voted for Harris. I don't know where you're getting that. I just want to see fight.
We are not here for your entertainment. You should have fought your demo to vote for Harris.
And I meant fight against Trump, not fight between Velshi and Harrison. Geesh.
I did. You don't even know me. Peace.
Jamie where is the war room the dnc chair promised 4 months ago? What’s it doing? Why is there not a shadow press secretary to inform the American people since the media won’t and maga lies? Why can’t you folks see we are DESPERATE FOR LEADERSHIP AND FIGHT? Stop being defensive and listen to us.
You're asking for a "shadow press secretary" when the press won't cover what they say anyway That's why Dems started a daily briefing to reach people DIRECTLY But it doesn't work if YOU don't follow AND help them spread the message bsky.app/profile/demo...
77,000 followers Didn’t even know it existed and I’m involved Maybe you have a problem with your communication strategy? But I know- it’s my fault- I’m the problem- the media is the problem- the Dems are just fine—- it’s everyone else
That's what I'm saying: the press WILL NOT COVER the Dem messaging You must seek it out AND SHARE IT YOU are part of "the messaging"
The only people at fault are mainstream media. You have an OPPORTUNITY to share worthwhile content. Use it!
Jaime - let’s talk about the time you meddled in the Texas State Democratic Party Chair vote to campaign on behalf of the incompetent, ineffective, petty candidate? He was finally forced out last year after an abysmal 12 years & left the party w/a massive debt. Well earned legacy for you both. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Then why are house and senate candidates for their states’ primaries showing up on all the shows. Not to mention state supreme court candidates.
Good point, why isn’t LaMonica McIver a national figure by now? How many people don’t even know that the DOJ indicted a member of Congress for doing her job?
In fairness, MSNBC is a news station with real journalists and Fox News is a circus with angry clowns.
The media act as if only space for one voice, but Democratic views are broad not narrow & monolithic like Republicans! Stop trying to make media hear broad tent & push corp values that equal Democratic Party! Shorten response with quick reply! Democrats serve & care! Republicans take & hate!
Enthusiasm grows when voters see a party fighting and winning. (And Democrats are doing both- fighting back on redistricting attacks and special election wins). Constant gloom, both sides coverage, and magnified Dem drama don’t inspire turnout — they smother it.
There will always be a cap of enthusiasm as long as Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are elevated to leadership positions. Gotta clean house, gotta get rid of the dead weight (Or very soon to be dead, weight).
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Republicans won this last election in the traditional way. They cheated.
You guys did everything right. The enthusiasm was off the charts. You just insist on blindly trusting a system that’s been corrupted for decades.
Thank you Jaime for calling this out👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
But again, I think @MSNBC (excepting a few hosts) WANT to see it smothered.
They get more viewers that way.
THANK YOU JAIME HARRISON!!!!!
You're right on point and thank you for being honest and not falling for his nonsense. I tried to tell him earlier today and he got offended by the truth and blocked me. Just like he did to probably hundreds of people today. I don't care. It doesn't change anything I will be doing.
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Left: Jermaine Johnson, hopefully our next Governor Right: Jogn G. Vincent, hopefully our next House member We are fired up in Horry Co S. Carolina
John Vincent Get an edit button Bluesky!
Hard truth time. Biden & Harris both ran on the existential threat of Trump. Biden was our one chance to stop a foreign backed fascist coup. He did nothing. Harris rolled over on elctn night after people with means motive history & opportunity to rig it declared victory. That’s what’s depressing us.
Thank you sir!!
I couldn't agree more. It certainly is not the energy to grow strength, readiness or fight. We the People are THE People we need to see & be!
Easy for you to say when you’re not worried about being sent to Aligator Alcatraz and being disappeared. You expect the people being harassed and beaten by ICE to be cheery? Not sure that the person that lost to Lyndsey Graham by 10 points despite having a cash hoard is the best one to be preaching.
Media lost in their own Mobius Strip of confirmation bias reporting
Thank you, Jaime! Great thread, much appreciated today 🇺🇸💙
Everything Dumpt does is made For TV News.
💙Thank you! The imbalance in coverage has been going on far too long!
Enthusiasm grows when voters see a party standing up for values about which the voters care passionately. If you’re only enthusiastic when winning, that’s a long-term losing strategy. MSNBC audience didn’t move the dial on US general election outcomes in 2024.
THANK YOU! Keep speaking the truth!
Thank you, sir! 👏👏👏
@msnbc.com was literally bitching about JAKE FVCKIN SULLIVAN today when he's no longer in power since he was part of the Biden/Harris adm. unbelievable.Trump/Bibi are literally sympatico on Gaza wanting to raize it to the ground & put up condos & casinos.Biden/Harris sought ceasefire/aid to gaza
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Thank you!! Ariella did an excellent response as well calling him out. bsky.app/profile/arie...
This is a response to the thread. Sounds like I need to talk to jaime and see if I can get on his podcast.
Fantastic idea!
That would be fantastic, I hope he reads this.
I sent him a DM on threads where we are mutuals hopefully he sees that
That would be an excellent thing. Imagine if people who had the means to get out the positive chose to do so and what that could lead to. We have to fight in spite of them right now and it's really an unfair fight. It's sad and disheartening. Wish you the best with everything always.
People are getting their info from podcasts by trusted people more and more. Hopefully if we keep sharing these people, more will watch and follow people like you and Jaime.
It would be great. Those getting the most attention, are the ones spreading misinformation or doomerism, we need more voices out there spreading facts and hope for what can be done.
That would be amazing.
Please, Jaime!!! Both to elevate the people Ariella does & to show an example of someone successfully taking matters into their own hands!
Anything that can break the moebius strip of confirmation bias reporting would be most welcome
That would be awesome!
Thank you, Jaime!
Lol Velshi blocked me for calling him out on this and FAST
He's been pretty blocky today.
Oh dang!
/standing ovation! Thank you!
Need to see lots of coverage by media of AG Phil Weiser running for Colorado Governor. The DEM we need.https://philforcolorado.com/
I haven't watch MSNBC in over a year.
What we need to do in my opinion, is take these concerns of yours to Rebecca Kutler, who's the CEO of MSNBC (soon to be MS NOW), and get her to speak up about this instead of using the silence card. Same can be said for all anchors, reporters, and pundits who push gloom/both sides and disarray.
If we can get enough people to speak up and take these concerns to Rebecca Kutler, hopefully MSNBC/MS NOW will become great again. In addition to that, we should also pressure Congress to pass a media reform bill that is long overdue - and one that should have been done a long time ago.
They started on 1/21/2021 pushing Trump.
Have you watched other msm? Msnbc is the least of it. Fox ABC CBS CNN all lay prone waiting for more tr*mp antics Independent media is the only way.
Fox is what it is. It's not nor has it been any journalism it's completely confirmation bias for RW culture wars
That’s why I watch MediasTouch. They cover all the protests, all the Democrat wins and report accurately on the cruelty of the Republicans and MAGA. Do better corporate media.
What Democratic wins? The party is depressed because Trump is building an autocracy and Democratic "leaders" are not even calling it out. Autocracy is not a "distraction."
Also Democrats are proving to be mostly spineless & protecting their brands instead of their constituents. Instead of reading the room they're creating a think tank to find out where they've gone wrong, not going to their voters & asking what they're doing wrong. Same shit different election.
I don’t think Mr. Velshi does that.
You failed us.
Well, I'm part of that base.Im not depressed by what the media says. Im depressed bc national Dem politicians aren't fighting for democracy.And guess what,I have a mind of my own and dont simply believe what the media says. But I do know that I have yet to observe Congressional Dems fighting for us.
Democrats ran on Trump being an existential threat to democracy. Trump has been worse than anybody could have imagined. Do you see Schumer, Jeffries and co. raising alarm bells like Newsom and Pritzker are? And the "problem" is @velshi.com not the people paving the way for autocracy?
And I may be incorrect about this, but it appears the down ballot folks running for/winning these special elections appear to be fighters. I’m not sure why Harrison got so defensive about this. It’s a worrying problem for dems. I’ve called out many of them for their quite shocking passivity.
I assume because he knows many of them and he probably reflects what DC insiders think. You hear Newsom and Pritzker warning about Trump becoming a dictator. DC Democrats are acting like Trump is a run of the mill Republican. Hence no urgency and the obsession with "kitchen table issues."
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If you have any awareness at all you should be angry, depressed and frightened. I think about my father who fought in France and Belgium in WWII. He must have been very scared, but he fought for democracy. We need to stop bickering and fight the fascism we face today.
He fought fascism in Europe. Did he fight Jim Crow right here in the US? Sit yo azz down… Black people have no room to be depressed nor angry although righteous indignation fills our cup daily. You folks need to step out of those white bubbles for at least 1 sec
He wasn't talking about that kind of depressed, Gary.
I wasn’t speaking to that specifically.
Some are trying to fight. Others are sitting on the sideline profiting from commentating - and not even doing that fairly. That's where the bickering comes in. I do agree that it's a high anxiety situation. And yes, we need all fighting- including the journalists. Especially the journalists.
Yes, I agree everyone needs to get off the sidelines.
Hang in there. We need you in the fight.
Stfu, Gary.
No
The Democratic “leadership” in Congress is impotent, cowardly, facile and CHICKENSHIT. If you can’t see the problem, then you are part of the problem, Harrison.
You should talk to your therapist before you post again.