Hey Mika

[malaise]

Last edited Thu May 19, 2022, 07:47 AM - Edit history (1)

Why don’t you invite the Chamber of Commerce folks and the Abbott folks to answer the questions about the baby formula.
All you small government no regulations folks are responsible for this madness.
What Biden should do is simply import the damn formula from Canada or wherever else.
There is no shortage where I live.
Clair is correct - the monopolies are controlling everything.

[Mike Nelson]

1. Hey, Mica...

... enjoyed the Russian guest, but you cut him off quickly when he praised SOCIAL MEDIA and said TELEVISION was the big disinformation tool!

[underpants]

2. That was ridiculous. Biden's big bold DPA move gets watered down

That is a big move by Biden. First off.

Secondly, is “fire” and “anger” going to make the formula faster? Will the trucks drive faster? Stupid. I watched that thinking how Fox would attack this - why didn’t we do this sooner?!?! Of course skipping over that Trump never really triggered DPA during COVID. As we know Jared thought the market should just decide things (even though the big players were actually in one room fully willing to do whatever was needed) but that’s a connection the viewer can’t be provided with. So MSNBC is going with WHY ARE WE DOING IT FASTER?!?!

Claire is dead right but even she misses the beginning of this equation. This one plant was shut down because it was unsafe. To me, dead or sick babies is what was avoided here. Oh I that’s regulation working.
I’m okay with my tax dollars being used for this even if it really is US doing private business’s business for them.

[CTyankee]

27. Nobody had foresight to develop a backup plan. We can't be left to the tender mercies of one

plant making most of the formula! Nobody foresaw that happening?

[Brainstormy]

3. Thank you, Ronald Reagan,

the guy who NEVER gets credit for all the damage he caused this country.

[malaise]

4. The 3rd way folks didn't help either

Hmmmmmmmm!

[joshdawg]

10. It is amazing!

republicans get in power and all they do is fuck up the country.
Democrats regain power and fix the fuck up the republicans caused.
The country is back on its feet, so guess what, republicans are voted back in power.
They in turn show their appreciation for that by fucking up the country again.
And it goes on and on.
Been that way since nixon.
One more time, the only decent republican President was Eisenhower.
All the other republicans have been corrupt to the nth degree.

[2naSalit]

12. +1

[gab13by13]

5. President Biden is employing the Defense production Act,

so we should be able to import from other countries. Most likely we can't import baby formula from Canada though because trump redid NAFTA, and with this shortage because of what Trump did we aren't allowed.

[Rebl2]

22. What did

the dumb donald do to NAFTA to keep us from importing baby formula from Canada.

[The Jungle 1]

6. We are an oligarchy

A Christo-fascist nation controlled by the oligarchic class.

[malaise]

7. Agree

[Blue_Adept]

8. Damn she made me angry this morning

And it was only McCaskill who seemed to make it clear that Abbott is hugely responsible for this.

Yet no talk of why the plant was shut down, of course.

Yes, the response needs to be better. But once again, the blame for what's going on and the accountability goes in the wrong place and direction.

How does this happen in America, Mika? It's called late-fucking-stage capitalism. If the last two years haven't made it clear how it can happen, then you're clearly bad at your job.

[malaise]

9. Same here

And you nailed it

[2naSalit]

11. Monopolies are punishing us for rejecting their bullshit...

And attempts to force us into a feudal system.

[malaise]

13. Sure looks that way to me

They are literally trying to buy out single family homes and forcing folks into rental arrangements.
They are worse than a pandemic in every sphere.

[Evolve Dammit]

15. I have seen a ton of that happening. My parents told me it happened during the Depression as well.

Those with money and stable jobs gobbled up properties. Happening right now too. The wealth gap and subsequent further division is on steroids. I also think the employers are thinking OK I'll give you 15-25 bucks an hour and I'll just jack up my prices to totally offset it, blame it on the pandemic, "supply chain" issues and make Dems and Biden look bad. Win, win, win for the "real owners."

[2naSalit]

17. They are a multi-level pandemic.

Expect them to start getting really nasty about it too.

[Joinfortmill]

14. Amen to that

And now they're on for four f*cking hours.

[area51]

16. +1 n/t

[imanamerican63]

18. Why is there only one mfg plant?

Monopoly game is in effect! Just like Ma Bell and other large corporations, they have control everything!

[Fla Dem]

19. Never liked M & J

Can’t watch them. Sealed the deal when they became TFG’s daily bull horn to bash Obama. But really disliked her even before then. She was a lightweight parroting Joe’s positions, rarely having a deep thought of her own and yet always with an air of superiority about her.

Not surprised they are bashing Biden for something he had no control over. That’s their “modus operandi”.

[malaise]

21. I usually only see the beginning since we walk in the morning

but no walking this week so I’m getting a full dose of their BS

[Fla Dem]

23. I'm sorry you've had to endure their BS this week.

[TuxedoKat]

20. Mika "Democrat Party"

Something that annoys me about Mika is that she always says "Democrat Party" instead of Democratic Party. Willie Geist used to do the same but changed to using proper grammar. Even Joe says "Democratic Party" consistently. I don't remember what he did in the past. Joe even made a snide comment just two days ago about people who say "Democrat Party" and Mika laughed! I don't know if she thought it was funny, she was embarrassed or is not aware that she is doing this. I've noticed some other hosts on MSNBC who do this as well. I'm not sure if they are instructed to do this, just lazy grammar or what.

[malaise]

24. Dems should never tolerate that disrespect from anyone

I only have one question for her this morning - did Dumbya admit that he committed war crimes yesterday?
I’d love anyone at the UN Security folks to answer that.

[tiredtoo]

25. Stopped watching these two

a few years back. For me it was Joe's republican rants, just couldn't take them anymore. Sad to see they are now on until 10 am.

[live love laugh]

26. REPUBLICAN monopolies.

Controlling EVERYTHING.