Stephanie Ruhle and her "panel" really dissed Newsom last night

[senseandsensibility]

It was obnoxious. She asked her guests about that hilarious post by Newsom where he skewered trump's posting style. It received rave reviews everywhere from all Dems and progressives as far as I could see yesterday. But Steph and her crew thought it was lame. Not funny. "What is he trying to achieve?" they whined. Then they topped it off with more whining about Newsom being slick and a hypocrite.

Tim, the former R consultant, who usually has some good ideas, whined that he didn't like Newsom during the "recall." Newsom was recalled years ago by rightwing nutjobs and survived it EASILY. What an ignorant thing to say. In fact, the recall backfired and made him more popular as anyone who actually lives here knows.

Back to only watching Lawrence I think.

[hlthe2b]

1. She is far too "inside Wall Street" for me. I listen to TuneIn to try to sleep many nights (turned down)

but her voice always wakes me up, so I am admittedly biased.

[senseandsensibility]

2. Well I did appreciate her absolute skewering of him

on tariffs, but on most other things she seems to relish crying "both sides" at every opportunity.

[Alice B.]

9. Not gonna lie, her show is not the one I want to go to bed on.

When she's leading a panel, it often feels like she's self-consciously projecting to balcony seats and it makes me anxious.

Other times, when she's really in the discussion and un-self-consciously participating in the give and take, she gives a different vibe.

I'm still peeved by Tim since the Biden stuff last summer. I think I'm over panels in general.

[Rebl2]

15. Can't stand

Her. Never watched her when I use to watch msnbc.

[Raven123]

3. Lawrence is the only one I watch. Excellent show

[senseandsensibility]

4. Yes, he never follows the WH press corps "narrative" of the day

He covers what the administration does not want him to cover. That's what an adversarial press does.

[CTyankee]

5. I'm disappointed in Ruhle. She's smart enough to know better.

[JI7]

6. They are stuck in their usual ways and don't see how social media

and other things have changed things and we need to keep up in all these spaces.

[senseandsensibility]

7. Yup

I think that's part of it, although Tim (blanking out on his last name) the former R is usually pretty plugged in.

[DET]

18. Tim Miller

Former Republican, married openly gay man. I generally like his commentary. Like many ex Republicans, he is very good at skewering his former party.

[senseandsensibility]

19. Agree. Usually he's good.

Seemed almost personal with Newsom.

[SocialDemocrat61]

8. She was a total Bloomberg sycophant

during the 2020 primaries. Haven’t trusted her since.

[senseandsensibility]

11. You mean she supported him for Pres?

Now that's whacky.

[SocialDemocrat61]

14. Her coverage of him

was fawning.

[H2O Man]

10. Lawrence

is the only one on MSNBC that I watch.

[LymphocyteLover]

12. Same for me, at least regularly. Maddow is only on once a week.

[LymphocyteLover]

13. Speaking of Newsom-- disturbing activity around his press conference today

This is what it looks like when an authoritarian leader is building a police state. What are immigration agents doing outside a state government rally? Trump wants to use ICE like Hitler used his Brown Shirts. His personal intimidation and enforcement thugs.

— Joe Cirincione (@joecirin.bsky.social) 2025-08-14T19:34:06.654Z

[senseandsensibility]

16. He handled it well

[LymphocyteLover]

21. Also I like their gerrymandering plan-- have the voters decide then make it a trigger in response

to GOP gerrymandering.

[BigmanPigman]

17. I never trust her opinions.

This is why....
"The relationship between journalist Stephanie Ruhle and Matthew Kennedy, the son of former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Reports indicate friendship between Stephanie Ruhle and Matthew Kennedy. During a deposition, Ruhle declined to specify whether she traveled with him for personal or professional reasons. She stated, "I was flying on his plane as myself, Stephanie Ruhle," without specifying a category."

I remember her saying that the justice and his son were top drawer and would never do anything corrupt. Suuuuuuuuuure, Steph.

[senseandsensibility]

20. That's wild

When was this?

[BigmanPigman]

22. 2018

The thinly sourced theories about Trump’s loans and Justice Kennedy’s son - The Washington Post https://share.google/Mtfksh0LKjNyMHI28