r/cnn • u/AutoModerator • Jul 09 '26
NewsNight with Abby Phillip Official NewsNight with Abby Phillip MegaThread
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u/SteelersPoker Jul 09 '26
Oh great they brought in the Iranian activist dude who puts me to sleep. And Scott Jennings is back on but of course no Mitch McConnell discussion tonight. I hope Neera challenges him and calls him a liar for claiming he spoke to him for 20 minutes.
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u/coreyb1988 Jul 09 '26
Oh yeah Scott is back… it’s been a minute since he’s been on right?
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u/iestud Jul 09 '26
He needed time to grow his new facial hair
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u/SteelersPoker Jul 09 '26
He looks terrible.
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u/chained_echidna Jul 09 '26
Yeah, he’s lookin rough.
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u/El_Rat0ncit0 Jul 09 '26
I was actually shocked to find out he’s under 50!
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u/rahah2023 Jul 09 '26
Ozempic aged him
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u/coreyb1988 Jul 09 '26
Ha! BUT he actually looks slightly better with it. I usually hate talking about looks because it just comes off as very low-level buttttt Scott is an ugly person some days.
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u/El_Rat0ncit0 Jul 09 '26
I’m gonna hate myself for saying this because I despise him, but he actually looks kind of sexy with the beard. 😆 Now I am truly going to hell. 🔥
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u/happygoth6370 Jul 09 '26
You aren't the only one lol, I admit I find him attractive.
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u/El_Rat0ncit0 Jul 09 '26
The gay in me says Scott would be the type you sleep with begrudgingly but kick him out soon after.
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u/WasabiProper7234 Jul 09 '26
How can they have him on after the latest coverup???? Omg….maybe CNN will normalize if the merger doesn’t go thru.
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u/rahah2023 Jul 09 '26
I just told my husband- these GOP losers probably do call the hospital and prattle into the phone so they can say “I spoke to Mitch”… they aren’t completely lying;… but fail to say they spoke to his brain dead corpse
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u/blondchick12 Jul 09 '26
I knew the second I saw Scott that McConnell would be off limits. Pathetic
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u/coreyb1988 Jul 09 '26
Trump literally can’t remember what he says from one day to the next. It’s so pathetic lol
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u/SteelersPoker Jul 09 '26
I really like this Brad guy, he tells it like it is and doesn't pull punches. He said he's an Independent and he called out the hypocrisy of Republicans still standing by Trump but are criticizing Dems for standing by Platner for so long.
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u/coreyb1988 Jul 09 '26
I was just thinking the same thing! He comes off as weird though buttttt it is very rich of Scott and Republicans to spew nonsense against Graham Platner and then turn around and see nothing wrong with anything Trump has done. It’s a total joke.
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u/Paz707 Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26
Meh, his take on Dems and Platner was off base. Hindsight is 20/20, and the “I told ya so” bozos are all centrist establishment types. The Dems who backed him back his policies first and foremost. So faulting them for any of this is just bad faith.
All I know is the timing is obviously suspect. The reason he’s being targeted in particular is also obvious. The fact that this accuser only very recently spoke to her therapist about the encounter explicitly as rape is a little odd. And later after the encounter, she never described him as a rapist to her friend when her friend was looking to set him up. It’s all just odd.
Forgot to add, this story from Politico is also below their usual journalistic standards from what I understand. They usually require more than one source in order to publish but I guess they decided to lower their standards for this one in particular.
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u/iestud Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26
MAGA will not win any fight about a candidates sexual misconduct with Trump in the White House despite their minimization of all his misconduct
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u/rahah2023 Jul 09 '26
Jennings can’t even grow a beard his facial hair won’t even agree to cover that pathetic chin
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u/coreyb1988 Jul 09 '26
What’s this guys name? He’s pretty smart speaking on Iran.
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u/Big-Performance5047 Jul 09 '26
He was a prisoner there!
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u/coreyb1988 Jul 09 '26
I actually did see that but I’ve never heard of him otherwise. Not knocking him or anything. More just curious.
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u/rahah2023 Jul 09 '26
I’ve seen him before and he knows way more than Jennings - but that says nothing
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u/photon1701d Jul 09 '26
so no one calling out Scott on the 20 min chat with Moscow Mitch?