Say what you will, but Ari has been a heavyweight lately.

[cachukis]

He called out Weissman for rolling his eyes at a Jay Z
riff, but delivered some highbrow insight.

Great to listen to top notch analysis of the issues of the day.

Lucky to have these minds to address a time in history, as it happens. We are living the book.

[emulatorloo]

1. Agreed. He was excellent on the J6 commitee recap on Monday night. Brilliant guy + great sense of

Humor.

[dem4decades]

2. He's written a forward to the Jan 6 Report, probably doing his best to make it a valuable read.

[Meadowoak]

6. +1

[Paladin]

3. Can't stand the guy. Him and his Jay Z riffs.

Hey, you invited people to say what they will.

[cachukis]

4. Yes, find it hard to assimilate, but I taught seniors, often as the

only white person in my class for 15 years in downtown Tampa. I learned that Ebonics was not only a beautiful language, but very efficient.

I often read here about Ari's penchant for rap, but I see it as a chance to share his intellect with an audience that might not be drawn to high level discussion.

I read about the Karens chastising store patrons for speaking their native language.

As a non native speaker in foreign lands, I've learned that kindness is universal.

Spoken word has been around as long as the tongue could fashion sounds.

Sometimes those words strung together, make sense.

[Paladin]

5. I wouldn't like my political commentary being full of country-western lyrics, either.

Once you've been here a little longer, you'll find that there's a real love/hate situation with regard to Ari. He brings it on himself; I think he probably enjoys it.

[cachukis]

10. I've been here for some time, lurking before I signed in.

I acknowledged that love hate relationship. I read the same about others.

I would say that Ari has cut his chops sufficiently to be beyond worry about sidebar criticism.

My point is that Shakespeare doesn't get called out.

And I'm sure Waylon has a way with words that would earn a reference.

I wasn't a fan of sea urchin until my third bite.

[plimsoll]

14. I think every group in the US thinks it has a God given right to belittle anyone else's dialect,

Let alone a different language. But I think the Karens only complain about non-white folks speaking their native language.

[Skittles]

19. my British mum loved Ebonics

said it reminded her of Cockney in how distinct it is as a dialect.....

[cachukis]

20. One of the best learning experiences of my life.

At first, I worked on the students to learn formal language skills. After a while I saw how efficiently they communicated with each other. I would just listen. One day, one of my colleagues, young gay black woman band instructor, asked me what I was doing, letting the students jabber away. "Are you listening to them?"
I said yes. Wow, never saw someone trying to learn Ebonics.
The kids would talk to me knowing I understood what they said. I could not reply in kind, but could "conversate" somewhat.
They loved sending me rap lyrics and asked me to recite. They laughed their sides out when I didn't get the beat.
I guess that's why I appreciate Ari's dive into hip hop.
Bridging into a world a lot of people would prefer to ignore because it is hard.
Black history is a marvel and we are witness to it work towards assimilation with ours. It needs a lot of help, especially with so many others afraid of losing theirs.

[Skittles]

25. excellent post

[FakeNoose]

7. I agree that Ari has the chops

Not everyone likes his style, but I kind of tune out when he does those hip-hop lyrics. So OK he's a little weird about that. But he's showing great intellect lately with his commentary on the J-6 Committee.

And I definitely like the clean-shaved Ari better than the 2-day scrubble Ari.

[halfulglas]

9. I, too, like him clean-shaven, but he explained that on one show recently

where he said he has to shave multiple times in one day to achieve that, but with his job he is allowed to shave only a couple times a week.

[halfulglas]

8. Ari grows on you.

When his show first started it seemed like he was the young lawyer/commentator trying to act cool. But over the last few years I have come to appreciate him, even though I'm not into rap or hip-hop (mainly because my aging ears and brain can't follow and process the speed of the words), but he genuinely loves the medium and uses that. He is a serious thinking commentator and super smart. I love to see the way he gets the drop on many of the Trumpers thinking they can explain to him how wrong he is and they end up making themselves look foolish just by that look on his face and a few nicely placed questions.

[bottomofthehill]

11. Totally agree.

I have shit on the rap lyrics, but his knowledge of the law and how he presents when he chooses to play it strait is very good. I have enjoyed watching him and have picked up some interesting information. I wish he would stick to the more fact based less bullshit show.

[Paladin]

12. "...stick to the more fact based less bullshit show."

My sentiments exactly.

[cachukis]

13. Just a thought here, but is it safe to say that the black

population plays a significant role in our maintaining influence in congress.

Ari brings that to light with his references.

Me thinks we need to do that with other populations.

Ayman is brilliant.

Jose Diaz-Balart is top notch.

[brush]

15. He's been top notch a lot lately on trump and J6. He often leaves republican guests...

blubbering and speechless as they try to combat his brilliant legal analysis which effectively counters their winger talking points spew.

I don't mind the rap quotes as often times they are quite cogent if you pay attention and don't just tune out. And you might learn to appreciate the art form.

[malaise]

22. + 1,000😀

Go Ari

[housecat]

17. A real pro makes it look easy. Watch Ari handle rightwing loudmouths that don't come up fpr air or

use punctuation. He not only makes them shut up and stop interrupting, he does it so smoothly you thinks it's easy. It is NOT easy to deal with obnoxious magat lawyers and lawmakers. He has the brains and temperament to handle any guest, so Ari is on my short list for tv analysts.

[YoshidaYui]

18. love me some Ari Melber...

I listen to his podcasts.

[malaise]

21. THIS

Rec

[PCIntern]

23. I actually like Ari and appreciate his intellect...

The rap lyrics would be ok if he would quote something else once in a blue moon. For example, he could say: “for historical perspective one might recall that in 1981 Morton Kondrake wrote in The New Republic….”

In our house though we have fun: when something happens one of us might say, “Well, it’s a shame that the windshield got hit by a stone but as Eminem would say, ‘Fuck the roads’.

[cachukis]

24. I concur and think his wheelhouse will widen. Right now, I'd

bet my .25 that he has a following like few others in his business.
We will watch his refinement for some time, I hope.
Smart people want to get better at what they do.
The comfort zone works better for others.

[malaise]

26. He's doing a brilliant job right now n/t

[cachukis]

27. Yes.

[malaise]

28. Think we'll get three full hours this evening

This is really good

[cachukis]

29. The time line is everything. Cause and effect.

Great narration by laying out the case for anyone who understands human nature. Why would the motorcade wait on the ready? When the boss requests, you must be ready. The good employee, the scrub nurse for example, has the forceps in hand.
This story will rouse Dostoevsky from his grave to fill in the psychological dilemmas that the participants, "looking in the mirror," should be mulling.
Watergate was peanuts next to this.
This is the greatest historical drama that half the country wants to ignore. Netflix miniseries? Really.

[malaise]

30. I want a Michael Moore documentary

Oh yes.

[cachukis]

31. Yes and a Spielberg epic.

[lindysalsagal]

32. It was really good. Put the whole case for tfg's concerted attempts at a coup in a bucket.

Tried to use the 12th amendment to dump our votes and give one vote to each state, knowing he had more R's than D's. That's why he tried to make it look like there were problems with the election.

Should be here tomorrow: https://www.nbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber

[malaise]

33. Agree

Happy Holidays😀😀