This week, Bill Barr made his first (and only) appearance before Congress since the release of the redacted Mueller report.
Although he was ostensibly testifying in his official capacity as Attorney General of the United States, Barr came off sounding a lot more like President @realDonaldTrump's criminal defense attorney; in fact, if you closed your eyes and listened to him speak, you might have mistaken him for Rudy Giuliani.
The night before Barr's appearance, news broke that Bob Mueller had written to him, strenuously objecting to Barr's misrepresentation of the report's findings in his 4-page summary.
In his efforts to defend himself, Barr—who admitted that he hadn't even examined any of the underlying evidence before rendering his "not guilty" verdict—continued to misrepresent the report's findings, as well as the contents of Mueller's letter, and the law itself.
I suppose that all of this is moot anyway—after all, Trump and Vladmir Putin agree that they didn't collude.
So, case closed, I guess... or maybe not.
Morning lineup:
Meet the Press: Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO); Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA); Roundtable: TBA.
Face The Nation: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL); Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA); Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA); Roundtable: Byron York (Washington Examiner), Michael Crowley (Politico), Rachael Bade (Washington Post) & Shawna Thomas (Vice News).
This Week: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT); Roundtable: Mary Bruce (ABC News), Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), Democratic Strategist Stefanie Brown James & Jonathan Swan (Axios).
Fox News Sunday: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo; Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI); Roundtable: Brit Hume (Fox News), Republican Strategist Karl Rove, Radio Host Marie Harf & Charles Lane (Washington Post).
State of the Union: Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ); Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Roundtable: Democratic Strategist Karen Finney, Democratic Politician Southpaw Michigan, Republican Strategist David J. Urban & S.E. Cupp (CNN).
Evening lineup:
60 Minutes will feature: a report on an increasingly common form of crime known as ransomware (preview); a report on frontotemporal dementia (preview); and, a report on Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq (preview).
Late night shows:
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Monday: Actress Keri Russell,; Actress Ana Gasteyer; Actor Alex Brightman; Drummer Phillip "Fish" Fisher.
Tuesday: Actress Taraji P. Henson; Jihn McCain's Daughter Meghan McCain; Rock Band A R I Z O N A; Drummer Phillip "Fish" Fisher.
Wednesday: Actress Lena Dunham; Actor Ian McShane; Drummer Phillip "Fish" Fisher.
Thursday: Actress Amy Poehler; Sex Therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer; Drummer Phillip "Fish" Fisher.
Friday: TBA.
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Monday: Actor Martin Short; Tuesday: Actor Liam Cunningham; Wednesday: Comedian David Cross; Thursday: Comedian Rose Matafeo.
And, elsewhere...
Non-Jew Meghan McCain was relentlessly mocked for attempting to gentilesplain anti-Semitism.
The View co-host Meghan McCain was roundly mocked on Twitter after pushing a "both sides" argument regarding the white nationalist attack at a synagogue in San Diego during an appearance on ABC's This Week yesterday.
"When we're having conversations about antisemitism, we should be looking at the most extreme on both sides," McCain said after a right-wing terrorist shot up the Poway synagogue, killing one and injuring multiple other worshippers. "And I would bring up Congresswoman Omar and some of her comments that got so much attention."
"In my opinion, Nancy Pelosi wasn't hard enough in her response to [Omar] trafficking in antisemitic language, talking about 'it's all about the Benjamins' and how Jewish people had hypnotized the world," McCain added, before also calling out President Donald Trump's repeated defenses of the white nationalist Charlottesville rally in 2017 and saying, "We're talking about it on both sides of the aisle."
McCain, who recently went viral for crying on-air over Omar's opposition to the pro-Israel AIPAC lobby, was viciously mocked by media figures on Twiter, with some questioning what her qualifications are for discussing antisemitism on an ABC News panel and others simply calling her "a living argument against hereditary aristocracy."
Oy vey.
– Trix