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During an obligatory discussion about the second-longest government shutdown in U.S. history, Morning Joe guest and Politico columnist Jonathan Martin admitted on Wednesday that Democrats were holding out in defiance of President Trump while using health care as a “vehicle.” Trump hosted Senate Republicans for lunch at the White House on Tuesday, indicating a united Republican front. Martin was asked by MSNBC’s Mike Barnicle about Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-SD) role in the budget mishap, to which he answered by explaining the issue that had plagued Republican efforts: “He has offered an olive branch, promising Democrats that there'll be almost simultaneous votes to reopen the government and then address the health care issue. But I think Thune is running up against something, which is words we don't typically say, ‘Democratic unity.’” Then came the most unexpected part of the morning show. Martin was candid about the real motivation behind Democrats refusing to strike a deal with Republicans: And by the way, I think health care is the vehicle. But let's be honest, this is a general strike, and it's a general strike among Democrats against Donald Trump's abuse of power.     Simple as that. The want for healthcare, which was practically turned into an absolute right by President Obama, had been the excuse the Democrats needed to put up a real fight against their arch nemesis: It's the only leverage they have. They don't control the House, Senate or White House. The one weapon they have in their arsenal politically is, “We can shut down the government because it takes 60 votes in the Senate to keep the government open.” That's all they got. And that’s all they’ll get. Too bad Trump’s approval ratings were going up and Democrats’ were staying down. Martin further elaborated that the opposition was a signal to left-wing voters: “This is their way of registering their opposition to Donald Trump's conduct, what you're talking about day in, day out.” They’re still fighting the good fight, making sure that illegal aliens got Medicaid and civil servants stayed waiting in line at foodbanks. Barnicle felt exhausted by the amount of activity that’s occurred during the first nine months of Trump’s second term and compared him to John Freaking Kennedy: I mean, on this day in 1962, John F. Kennedy addressed the nation in the Cuban Missile Crisis. That was the highlight of his first year in the presidency, maybe the highlight of his first couple of years in the presidency. Now it's every day, multiple times a day, that we have to focus on something that happened, whether he's destroying the East Wing of the White House, whether he's on again, off again with Vladimir Putin. Slow down, Trump! Ol’ Barney can’t keep up — he still thinks we’re in the sixties! At least MSNBC got somebody who was honest for once. That’s a win for both sides. The transcript is below. Click "expand" read: MSNBC’s Morning Joe October 22, 2025 6:28:18 a.m. Eastern (…) MIKE BARNICLE: You know, the amazing thing about this is we are just nine months into the Trump presidency and the level of exhaustion that he has provided each and every day is just beyond belief. It's historical. You just can't imagine it. I mean, on this day in 1962, John F. Kennedy addressed the nation in the Cuban Missile Crisis. That was the highlight of his first year in the presidency, maybe the highlight of his first couple of years in the presidency. Now it's every day, multiple times a day, that we have to focus on something that happened, whether he's destroying the East Wing of the White House, whether he's on again, off again with Vladimir Putin. The question on the budget that I have, J. Mart, you would be probably well primed to answer this, given the fact that you're in Washington most of the time. Where is John Thune, who seems to have an element of common sense in him? Where is he on this? JONATHAN MARTIN: I think John Thune was hoping Democrats would fold in the first week or 10 days. But I think it was perhaps a conventional thought in Washington and hope that they could peel off six, seven more Democrats beyond the three that I think first voted to keep the government open. And it just hasn't happened. And, so, I think Thune is now basically wedded to the Trump-Johnson theory of just trying to hold out, hold out. He has offered an olive branch, promising Democrats that there'll be almost simultaneous votes to reopen the government and then address the health care issue. But I think Thune is running up against something, which is words we don't typically say, “Democratic unity.” And by the way, I think health care is the vehicle. But let's be honest, this is a general strike, and it's a general strike among Democrats against Donald Trump's abuse of power. It's the only leverage they have. They don't control the House, Senate or White House. The one weapon they have in their arsenal politically is, “We can shut down the government because it takes 60 votes in the Senate to keep the government open.” That's all they got. This is their way of registering their opposition to Donald Trump's conduct, what you're talking about day in, day out. Health care is good politics at polls. Well, I understand that. Yeah, this is more a general — half the country is up in arms about how this man is running the — MIKA BRZEZINKSI: Yeah. MARTIN: — America. And this is what we're going to do to say, “You know what half of America? We get it. We hear you. We're with you. We’re pissed too.” BRZEZINSKI: Yeah. And you see those protests where they had two million more than last June. So maybe, yeah. MARTIN: Totally. (…)

For reasons that only he can understand, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith fancies himself as a potential 2028 presidential candidate. While Smith tries to portray himself as some sort of centrist, Smith’s performance on Thursday’s First Take was so nutty it makes MSNBC look level-headed by comparison. According to Smith, the Mafia-related illegal betting and poker scandals rocking the NBA are part of some revenge plot hatched by President Trump against his critics. Smith began, “We know what world that I live in, in terms of politics. How many times, for one incident after another, have I said Trump is coming. He's coming. I'm going to say it on national television again. Bad Bunny is performing at the Super Bowl and all of a sudden you hearing ICE is going to be there looking to engage in mass deportations.” The fact that ICE is routinely at the Super Bowl didn’t matter to Smith. Nor did the fact that this investigation began under the Biden administration as he tried to portray the timing as suspicious, “Big night for the NBA Wembanyama put on a show that has now been smeared because we're talking about this story.”     Does Smith think the FBI should have waited longer than it had to protect the integrity of the NBA? Turning to co-panelist Monica McNutt, Smith asked and answered his own question, “Why am I glad you're here, Monica? Because don't be surprised if the WNBA is next on his list. Because when you've got all of these protests that have been going out there and people that have been protesting against him and what have you, this man is coming. He's coming. And I've been saying it for a long time. And to me, this is the latest nugget of evidence that we're talking about right here.” He then claimed that his hot take is obviously true and anybody who thinks otherwise is just putting their head in the sand, “That's not to question the legitimacy of the case. We don't know. We're all sitting up here and we're saying that we don't know. But anybody that has been around him, anybody that has talked to him, anybody that has seen his reactions from the sports leagues and the positions that people have taken, they are not surprised at what's going on today.” Smith’s factually-challenged diatribe continued as he turned to FBI Director Kash Patel, “I'm watching a press conference with the director of the FBI. Tell me when we've seen that. We've seen people, we've seen accusations before. We've seen athletes get in trouble with the law before. You don't see the director of the FBI having a press conference. It's not coincidental. It's not an accident. It's a statement and it's a warning that more is coming.” FBI directors do indictment-related press conferences all the time and, again, Smith is omitting the Mafia angle to the story. This isn’t Barry Bonds allegedly perjuring himself about steroids. However, Smith continued, “And that's what they're saying here. And everybody better get I'm just telling you it's as serious as it gets. This ain't the platform for me to get into it the way I'm going to get into it. But I've been saying he's coming. He's coming. Because in his eyes, folks try to throw him in jail. In his eyes, he's innocent. They try to put me behind bars. I'm getting everybody.” Once again, Smith insisted that his rant represents mainstream opinion, “He's not playing. And so this in a lot of people's eyes, talk to people in the NBA, talk to people in the NFL, talk to people in the world of sports, they think this is like the tip of the iceberg. These are the kind of words that are coming out of people's mouths. It's not a surprise. It's very disheartening. It's very concerning. We don't know where this is going to go, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. Everybody's better brace themselves because he's coming.” If NFL and WNBA players are caught up with the Mafia in illegal betting then, yes, it should just be the tip of the iceberg. Here is the transcript for the October 23 show: ESPN First Take 10/23/2025 STEPHEN A. SMITH: We know what world that I live in, in terms of politics. How many times, for one incident after another, have I said Trump is coming. He's coming. I'm going to say it on national television again. Bad Bunny is performing at the Super Bowl and all of a sudden you hearing ICE is going to be there looking to engage in mass deportations. The Super Bowl disrupting things. Big night for the NBA Wembanyama put on a show that has now been smeared because we're talking about this story. Okay, remember Trump has a long, long history connected to the world of sports because he had those casinos. Where do you think folks will come in half the time? I'm not talking about individuals. I'm talking about the culture. When people want to go to a casino, when people want to gamble, when people want to party or whatever the case may be, this was his, kind of, connection to that. Why am I glad you're here, Monica? Because don't be surprised if the WNBA is next on his list. Because when you've got all of these protests that have been going out there and people that have been protesting against him and what have you, this man is coming. He's coming. And I've been saying it for a long time. And to me, this is the latest nugget of evidence that we're talking about right here. That's not to question the legitimacy of the case. We don't know. We're all sitting up here and we're saying that we don't know. But anybody that has been around him, anybody that has talked to him, anybody that has seen his reactions from the sports leagues and the positions that people have taken, they are not surprised at what's going on today. I'm watching a press conference with the director of the FBI. Tell me when we've seen that. We've seen people, we've seen accusations before. We've seen athletes get in trouble with the law before. You don't see the director of the FBI having a press conference. It's not coincidental. It's not an accident. It's a statement and it's a warning that more is coming. And that's what they're saying here. And everybody better get I'm just telling you it's as serious as it gets. This ain't the platform for me to get into it the way I'm going to get into it. But I've been saying he's coming. He's coming. Because in his eyes, folks try to throw him in jail. In his eyes, he's innocent. They try to put me behind bars. I'm getting everybody. He's not playing. And so this in a lot of people's eyes, talk to people in the NBA, talk to people in the NFL, talk to people in the world of sports, they think this is like the tip of the iceberg. These are the kind of words that are coming out of people's mouths. It's not a surprise. It's very disheartening. It's very concerning. We don't know where this is going to go, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. Everybody's better brace themselves because he's coming.

Actor Jeff Daniels, angered by Trump’s AI video response to the No Kings protests — which featured a left-wing activist being covered in feces that dropped from the sky — took out his frustration in a song he performed live on MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House” this week.Daniels’ song is titled “Crazy World,” and he explained that it is how he copes with the current political situation.“I’ve seen a young girl smiling at something he just said. / I watched him fall into her pretty green eyes, his cheeks turned Valentine red. / I’ve seen an old man walking with his wife by his side. / I watched him reach down, take her hand, damned if I didn’t cry,” Daniels sang as he played his guitar.“This crazy world’s gone crazy. Who am I to judge? / It’s nice to know in a world full of hate, there's someone out there still making love,” he continued.Before taking the stage, Daniels lamented the lack of “decency” from President Trump for the AI meme he posted where he was “spewing excrement all over the people down below.”"Would Lincoln have done that?" Daniels asked host Nicolle Wallace."I don’t think Nixon would have done that," Wallace answered."Nixon wouldn’t have done it. Reagan wouldn’t have done it. Bush wouldn’t have done it — either Bush. I think people in the Midwest, where I am ... we value our decency and our civility," Daniels said.BlazeTV host Pat Gray notes that former presidents like Nixon, Reagan, Bush, or Lincoln couldn’t have done what President Trump did, as artificial intelligence did not exist in their time.“This is the ‘Dumb and Dumber’ actor who sat on a toilet and took a loud crap for two minutes. But he can’t take the potty humor of President Trump,” executive producer Keith Malinak adds.Want more from Pat Gray?To enjoy more of Pat's biting analysis and signature wit as he restores common sense to a senseless world, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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