Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 7 December 2025

Various driveby media television networks ^ | 7 December 2025 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

[Alas Babylon!]

The Talk Shows

Dec 7th, 2025

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent; Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.); Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.); Rep. Dan (Eye Patch McCain) Crenshaw (R-Texas); Scott Gottlieb, and CBS polling director Anthony Salvanto.

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Sen. Tim co-Kaine (D-VA.) Sen. Bill Cassidy (RINO-Louis.); Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.); Anduril Founder Palmer Luckey; NASA Astronaut Chris Williams. Panel: Jennifer Griffin, Karl Rove and Roger Zakheim.

MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.); Sen. Adam Schitt (D-Calif.); Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.). (MSDNC) Panel: Adrienne Elrod, Sam Jacobs, Peggy Noonan and Susan Page—EVERY one of these easily forgotten angry Leftists slinging anti-American balderdash are featured on MSNBC/Now!

THIS WEEK (ABC): Hosted by Little Georgie Steponallofus (or is it Martha Raddish?): Rep. Adam Smith (D‑Wash.); Sen. Eric Schmitt (R‑Mo.); AI researcher Paul Christiano. Panel: Donna Brazile(nut), Chris Christie, Sarah Isgur—the same Ugly, shameless, Left-wing Propagandist and Fat RINOs!

STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Anchored by Jake Toe-Tapper (or is it Dana Bash?): Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.); Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.); Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah). Panel: Shermichael Singleton, Jamal Simmons and Kristin Davison—Tapper’s totally and toxically biased group of democrap talking points parrots!

SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES (FNC): The Show to watch! Hosted by Maria Bartiromo: Senator Dave McCormick (R-Penn.); JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon; recently pardoned by Trump Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.); and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).

[Nekman]

Someday I wish being lazy wasn’t a thing otherwise making a meme would be appropriate for Tammy cuz “This One Ain’t Working Either “ ......🤣

[Alas Babylon!]

No one is discussing College Football!

My Tide rolls out. Boohoo! Go Dawgs...

THE Ohio State beaten by THEIR Indiana Betters!!

Latest standings JUST released:

AP Top 25
1. Indiana (66)
2. Georgia
3. Ohio State
4. Texas Tech
5. Oregon
6. Ole Miss
7. Texas A&M
8. Oklahoma
9. Notre Dame
10. Miami
11. Alabama
12. BYU
13. Vanderbilt
14. Texas
15. Utah
16. USC
17. Tulane
18. Michigan
19. James Madison
20. Virginia
21. Arizona
22. Navy
23. North Texas
24. Georgia Tech
25. Missouri

[dfwgator]

DeBoer should be skewered for going for it on 4th down deep in his territory. Big difference between 21-7 and 28-7.

And to think Georgia helped Carson Beck to get into the playoffs.

[kabar]

From your linked article:

We are embarking upon a new policy towards Europe and NATO. Europe is changing for the worse. They are less relevant and becoming less democratic. Labor in the UK wants to abolish trial by jury and already restricts free speech. The same holds true for Germany, which wants to outlaw the second largest party in the country, the AFD.

From under Secretary of State Christopher Landau:

In connection with my trip to Europe this week, I asked the @StateDept whether the nations of Europe had provided more money to (a) Russia or (b) Ukraine between the invasion in February 2022 and President Trump’s return to office in January 2025. I was surprised that the answer was Russia, and by a long shot! I knew many of these countries had tied their energy fortunes to Russia, but I had no idea of the extent of it, or how (collectively) it dwarfed their aid to Ukraine. Please see the chart below. The money sent to Russia is in blue; the money sent to Ukraine is in orange.

Europe has been undermining our peace efforts in Ukraine. They have been censoring the media including X. They have fined Elon Musk personally for $140 million dollars. From the WH report:

[dfwgator]

Alabama is in!

[dfwgator]

Bama at OU.

[dfwgator]

MIAMI! Notre Dame is out!

[kabar]

Encouraging statement from Dr Oz:

"You’ve probably heard the news by now: Minnesota fraudsters stole over $1 billion from Medicaid. And you deserve an explanation.

Our staff at CMS told me they’ve never seen anything like this in Medicaid — and everyone from Gov. Tim Walz on down needs to be investigated, because they’ve been asleep at the wheel. Based on what we know now, this is a clear dereliction of duty.

First, the facts:

In recent years, Minnesota Medicaid launched several new programs, including Housing Stabilization Services, which helped disabled homeless individuals, and Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention, which reimbursed therapy costs for families with autistic children.

Some bad actors in Minnesota’s Somali community decided to game the system. And when they got away with it, they decided to go bigger.

The housing program was supposed to cost $2.6 million dollars annually. Last year, it paid out over $100 million. The autism program ballooned from $3 million in 2018 to nearly $400 million in 2023.

These scammers used stolen taxpayer money to buy flashy cars, purchase overseas real estate, and offer kickbacks to parents who enrolled their kids at fake autism treatment centers. Some of it may have even made its way to the Somalian terrorist group Al-Shebab.

So why didn’t Walz stop them?

That’s simple: because he went all-in on identity politics.

Somalis are a huge voting bloc, and the state’s leaders were afraid that “forcefully tackling this issue might cause political backlash.” That’s not me saying that. It’s a Somali-American fraud investigator who talked to The New York Times.

Somali scammers get rich off the programs Gov. Walz was supposed to be managing. Minnesota politicians get elected with Somali votes and keep the money flowing. This isn’t just fraud: it’s political patronage at public expense.

When Minnesota told CMS about the problem last year, they assured us they’d handle it. By summer, it was obvious they couldn’t — or wouldn’t. So, we stepped in and shut down the worst program: housing. We also froze provider enrollment in a few of the most abused programs.

So where do we go from here?

To restore the integrity of the Medicaid program, Minnesota must:

1. Provide CMS with weekly updates on how the state is stopping fraud.

2. Freeze enrollment of all high-risk providers for 6 months.

3. Confirm all providers in place are legitimate or remove them.

4. Send CMS a corrective action plan of how these will prevent this from happening again.

If we’re unsatisfied with the state’s plans or cooperation, we’ll stop paying the federal share of these programs.

The message to Walz is clear: either fix this in 60 days or start looking under your couch for spare change, because we’re done footing the bill for your incompetence.

With CMS on the case, these scammers and their bureaucratic enablers have nowhere left to hide. The vulnerable Americans who depend on these programs — and the taxpayers who fund them — deserve the truth.

[Buttons12]

I just hope there’s no other reason the POTUS and VPOTUS both skipped tv appearances on short notice. :/

[Lakeside Granny]

Secretary Bessent goes toe-to-toe with Margaret Brennan over the exploding Somali fraud scandal in Minnesota.

Bessent revealed that Treasury is now tracking money that was moved out of the U.S. to the Middle East and Somalia — by individuals tied to the scheme.

And he ended his appearance with a line Brennan clearly didn’t expect.

BESSENT: “To be clear, the initial fraud was discovered by the IRS, for which I’m the acting commissioner, it was discovered by IRS criminal investigations unit.”

“This was not endogenous that the state of Minnesota decided. We had to go in and clean up the mess for them. This is part of the continued cleanup.”

“A lot of money has been transferred from the individuals who committed this fraud, including those who donated to the governor, donated to representative Omar and to AG Ellison.”

“They have been transferred to something called MBSs.”

“They are wire transfer organizations that are outside the regulated banking system. That money has gone overseas. We are tracking that, both to the Middle East and Somalia to see what the uses of that have been.”

BRENNAN: “You have no evidence of that money being used to fuel terrorism at this point? Which is what some conservative writers are alleging.”

BESSENT: “That’s why it’s an investigation. We started it last week. We will see where it goes.”

“I can tell you, it’s terrible. Representative Omar tried to downplay it. Said it was very…it was very tough to know how this money should be used. She was gaslighting the American people.”

“When you come to this country, you have to learn which side of the road to drive on, stop at stop signs and learn not to defraud the American people.”

https://x.com/overton_news/status/1997700603301237055?s=20

[kabar]

GAO just uncovered rampant, systemic fraud in Obamacare, $21B likely stolen just in 2023 alone. At least 58,000 dead people’s Social Security numbers were used to get $94M in Obamacare tax credits in just 2023 and 2024. Obamacare wrongly gave coverage to 99% of the GAO investigators’ fake identities last year. They gave out coverage without requesting documents, made 190,000 unauthorized payouts, and more than 97,000 Social Security numbers were used to double dip for benefits. One fraudster got 71 years’ worth of coverage in a single year.

The shocking finding: The GAO says there has been no Obamacare anti-fraud strategy since 2018. CBO and CMS already confirmed Obamacare frauds. In nine states, the number of sign-ups at an Obamacare income level exceeded the number of eligible residents.

[kabar]

Ilhan Omar's father NEVER naturalized, zero records exist. Her claim she got citizenship through him at 17 is a TOTAL LIE. She has been scamming Minnesota taxpayers and illegally squatting in Congress this whole time.

Patriot AJ Kern has the 2023 receipts. Full proof in the video

video

[kabar]

Cassidy was one of 6 Rep senators that voted to convict Trump re the Jan 6 impeachment.

[kabar]

Jacqui Heinrich is engaged to RINO Republican congressman Brian Fitzpatrick.

Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich has faced criticism from President Donald Trump and others for her pointed questioning of him and his administration, particularly regarding his handling of the press pool and sensitive policy issues like the economy and foreign relations, leading to her being called "terrible" by Trump, though she defends her factual, scrupulous reporting as doing her job. She's been criticized by the WH for challenging new press access rules but also defends Trump's accessibility compared to Biden, while also pushing back on administration narratives.

Key Incidents & Criticism:

Press Pool Policy: Heinrich criticized the White House for seizing control of the press pool from the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA), stating it gives too much power to the administration.

Questioning Trump: She pressed Trump on:

Hosting a Tesla event amid economic concerns, asking if it was "sensitive to the moment".

Whether he was being "played" by Russian President Putin.

The administration's stance on the Jeffrey Epstein case, questioning the level of transparency.

Trump's Response: Trump called her "absolutely terrible" and suggested she should work for CNN, not Fox News, in a Truth Social post.

Internal & External Pushback: She also drew fire from some conservatives for fact-checking Trump during the 2020 election, with some Fox stars wanting her fired (revealed during Dominion lawsuit discovery).

Heinrich's Stance:

She remains committed to factual reporting, stating her job involves representing the facts and context, and that she isn't bothered by feelings about it.

She's noted she's a fan of the WHCA and even serves on its board.

In essence, Heinrich's criticism comes from both the Trump White House (for challenging him) and some media observers (for her stances on the press pool), while she maintains she's just doing her job by asking tough questions

[Alas Babylon!]

Yeah. My AI told me, initially, is was because Trump was afraid to answer hard questions at this time.

I laughed in its face!

Really, AI? The President who is always going on the fake media interviews, from George Stepponallofus through Judy Woodruff? The guy who is never afraid to take questions at every chance he gets, speaks at cabinet meetings for hours, etc.?

You mean THAT President Trump?

The AI then, of course, corrected itself. I pressed it as to where it got the idea that Trump was ducking out because he was afraid? Guess where? MS NOW, aka MSDNC!

I told it NEVER to give me any answers derived from MSNOW/MSNBC/MSDNC again!

[Alas Babylon!]

I used to think Ukraine was the most corrupt country on the planet, followed closly by Russia and China.

Now I know the number 1 most corrupt country.

The United States of America.

[chiller]

I missed some of her segment, but she did manage to toss in a Hitler reference re: Trump talking badly about Somalis.

[rodguy911]

I think it's ironic that Cuellar thinks he can play both sides even if it is Texas. He comes off as a dem but claims he's fair and balanced,that's a hard sell.

He may be able to ride the fence for a while but sooner or later he will fall off and land on one side or the other. Likely the money,or lack of, will determine where he goes.

[rodguy911]

You are not referring to UFO's that fly just as fast under the water as they do above the waater? They go invisilbe whenever they like and fly at speeds we thought unimagineable. You are not taling about those are you?

Cause we already make those.

[Alas Babylon!]

Interesting article on trade by CNBC (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/07/trump-tariffs-trade-war-china-manufacturing-supply-chain.html):

The proportion of volume from suppliers in China, Hong Kong, and Korea has declined from 90% to 50% over the past decade, reflecting a long-term diversification of supply chains that picked up steam during the first Trump administration and trade war, according to an analysis from Wells Fargo Supply Chain Finance.

“From 2018 to 2020, the supplier diversification away from China nearly doubled after the first tariff actions,” said Jeremy Jansen, head of global originations at Wells Fargo Supply Chain Finance.

He said since the first trade war, the gradual increase in supply chain diversification away from China to the South Asia Pacific region has steadily grown.

“Based on our supplier counts, diversification is now 50/50 between the northern Asia Pacific region and the Southern,” Jansen said. “The migration of midsize suppliers can be tracked into Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, India, and Malaysia,” he added.

Imports from China to the U.S. have dropped by 26 percent year-over-year, according to data from freight intelligence firm SONAR, but trade volumes from China to the South Asia Pacific region have significantly increased.

According to Project 44, which tracks supply chain shifts, China’s trade in 2025 has increased to Indonesia by 29.2 percent, Vietnam by 23 percent, India by 19.4 percent and Thailand by 4.3 percent. In turn, year-over-year container trade volume to the U.S. is up 23 percent for Vietnam, 9.3 percent for Thailand, and 5.4 percent for Indonesia.