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Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 29 March 2026
Various driveby media television networks ^ | 29 March 2026 | Various Self-Serving Politicians and Big Media Screaming Faces

Posted on 03/29/2026 4:57:55 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!

The Talk Shows



March 29th, 2026

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Senior Advisor to the President for Border and Immigration Policy Tom Homan; Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.); Jerome Adams, former Surgeon General of the United States under the first Trump administration; USMC Gen. (Ret.) Frank McKenziel; Karim Sadjadpour, policy analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.); Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.); Commandant of the U.S. Merchant Marine Captain Brent Sadler; Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.). Legal panel: Tom Dupree and Jonathan Turley. Panel: Leftist Leslie Marshall, Tiffany Smiley, Cal Thomas and Josh Wingrove.

MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.); Sen. Cory “Spartacus” Booker (D-N.J.). (MSDNC) Panel: Adrienne Elrod, Sara Fagen, Andrea Mitchell and Tyler Pager—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. Steve Scalise (R-La.); Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-El Salvador); Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz). Panel: Donna BrazileNut Chris Christie and Ann Caldwell—the same Ugly, shameless, Left-wing Propagandists and Fat RINOs!

STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Anchored by Jake Toe-Tapper (or is it Dana Bash?): Senior Advisor to the President for Border and Immigration Policy Tom Homan; Sen. Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.). Panel: Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.), Scott Jennings, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Ashley Allison—(Except Scott and Nancy)Tapper’s totally and toxically biased group of democrap talking points parrots!

SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES (FNC): The Show to watch! Hosted by Maria Bartiromo: NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman; Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.); Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.).


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KEYWORDS: guests; lineup; sunday; talkshows

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As always, soliciting FReeper comments, observations, and opinions.
1 posted on 03/29/2026 4:57:55 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: acapesket; A.Hun; aligncare; altura; bagster; Bernard; bray; BreezyDog; Calpublican; cajungirl; ...
This is the Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread Ping List! If you want to be on it, reply to this post or FReepmail me (in case I miss it). If you want to be taken off, simply send me a FReepmail.
2 posted on 03/29/2026 4:58:30 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Conservatives can't afford to sit out. Vote like your freedom depends on it, it does!)
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To: All
C-SPAN Radio, available on the net also, click here, broadcasts all five Sunday talk shows starting at 12:00 noon Eastern, as follows:

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM NBC's "Meet the Press"

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ABC's "This Week"

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM "Fox News Sunday"

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM CNN's "State of the Union"

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM CBS's "Face The Nation"

Listen at the link above WHILE you FReep! Also, Sharyl Attkinson’s Full Measure: Watch live at 9:30 EST.

Finally, each show has a YouTube presence, and you can easily watch them on YouTube any time after their live run!

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Next, here are the email addresses and Twitter/X pages--for commenting to the weekend talk shows:

Email: Meet the Press Meet the Press mailbox (web page for comments) Twitter/X: @MeetThePress @kwelkernbc

Email: Face the Nation facethenation@cbsnews.com Twitter/X: @FaceTheNation

Email: Fox News Sunday FNS@foxnews.com Twitter/X: @foxnewssunday

Email: ABC This Week thisweek@abc.com Twitter/X: @ThisWeekABC @GStephanopoulos

Email: CNN State of the Union CNN State of the Union (web page for comments) Twitter/X: @CNNSotu @JakeTapper

Email: Sunday Morning Futures Maria@FoxBusiness.com Twitter/X: @MariaBartiromo

3 posted on 03/29/2026 4:59:08 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Conservatives can't afford to sit out. Vote like your freedom depends on it, it does!)
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From my AI discussion:

Across the networks this Sunday, the butcher’s thumb shows up in how each show arranges its border-security voices, national-security contrasts, and Middle East analysts. Tom Homan’s double-booking is the clearest signal of the week: immigration is the dominant domestic-policy frame, and national security is the dominant foreign-policy frame.

FACE THE NATION (CBS)
CBS is running a “border security + Democratic oversight + global-security analysis” hour. Tom Homan anchors the immigration segment. Jim Himes gives CBS the Democratic intelligence-committee voice. Jerome Adams provides a domestic-health block that CBS often uses as a tonal pivot. McKenzie and Sadjadpour form a classic CBS foreign-policy panel — military command plus regional expertise.

What to watch:
Whether Brennan lets Homan drive the hour’s narrative or uses Himes to reframe the border debate through an intelligence-oversight lens.

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network)
Fox is running a “Senate contrast + defense posture + economic-security angle” hour. Cotton and Adam Smith give them a clean bipartisan national-security pairing. Captain Brent Sadler brings the maritime-logistics and Merchant Marine angle — a Fox specialty when global shipping or naval posture is in the news. Andy Barr adds the economic-policy dimension. The legal panel (Dupree, Turley) signals Fox will tie national security to constitutional and executive-power questions. The main panel is a standard Fox ideological spread.

What to watch:
How Bream positions Sadler — as a standalone maritime-security briefing or as connective tissue between Cotton and Barr.

MEET THE PRESS (NBC)
NBC is running a “Senate contrast + Democratic coalition + institutional analysis” hour. Lankford gives them the Republican border-policy voice. Booker provides the Democratic leadership lane. NBC’s panel (Elrod, Fagen, Mitchell, Pager) is its classic institutional mix — campaign strategists, political reporters, and establishment voices. This is NBC leaning into the “Washington consensus” framing rather than a crisis-specific one.

What to watch:
Whether Welker lets Lankford and Booker clash directly on border policy or keeps the hour centered on broader political positioning.

THIS WEEK (ABC)
ABC is running a “House leadership + Senate contrast + Middle East depth” hour. Scalise gives them the Republican leadership voice. Van Hollen provides the Democratic foreign-policy lane. Yassamin Ansari adds a younger-Democrat, climate-and-security-focused angle. The panel (Brazile, Christie, Caldwell) is ideologically mixed but strategist-heavy, meaning ABC will pivot quickly from policy to political implications.

What to watch:
Whether ABC treats the Middle East segment as a standalone foreign-policy block or folds it into a broader 2026-cycle narrative.

STATE OF THE UNION (CNN)
CNN is running a “border security + Democratic framing + mixed-ideology panel” hour. Tom Homan appears again — a sign CNN wants the immigration debate front-and-center. Andy Kim provides the Democratic counter-narrative. The panel — Subramanyam, Jennings, Mace, Allison — is a blend of Democratic messaging, Republican dissent, and strategic analysis. Jennings and Mace are the only true GOP-aligned voices; the rest lean Democratic or institutional.

What to watch:
How Tapper/Bash positions Homan: as the anchor of the hour or as the foil for Kim and the panel’s Democratic messaging.

SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES (FNC)
Futures is running its signature “executive-branch messaging + Senate oversight + national-security posture” hour. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman gives Bartiromo a technology-and-strategic-capabilities segment. Ron Johnson provides the Senate-oversight lane. Lisa McClain adds the House-oversight and appropriations angle. This is a classic Futures hour: executive messaging, congressional oversight, and national-security framing braided together.

What to watch:
Whether Isaacman’s segment is positioned as a standalone technology-capabilities briefing or tied to broader national-security themes.


Ecosystem Summary
This week’s lineups are built around border security, national security, and Middle East analysis. CBS leans diplomatic and analytical, Fox leans defense-plus-legal framing, NBC leans institutional, ABC leans strategist-heavy political framing, CNN leans Democratic-plus-border contrast, and Bartiromo leans executive messaging plus oversight.

4 posted on 03/29/2026 5:02:52 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Conservatives can't afford to sit out. Vote like your freedom depends on it, it does!)
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To: Alas Babylon!
Gee, no mention of the No Kings stuff? The local protest really hit home for me, since they started at the same time as the parents in New York state were holding a private memorial service for their 18YO daughter who was shot and killed by an illegal from Venezuela on 3/19. She was attending Loyola U in Chicago, and the local media had to cover it.

And the shooting happened 2 days after the IL primary election, which around here meant a lot of ads from dem politicians promising to fight Trump and "all of the violence ICE is causing in the streets!" Now that would be awkward going from coverage of the latest alien shooting to those anti-ICE ads.

5 posted on 03/29/2026 5:31:16 AM PDT by Bernard ("Nothing is as expensive as that which the government provides for free." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Alas Babylon!
Great stuff your AI summary is done extremely well.

I went with the no kings stuff just to see who was behind it all.Here what I found and posted a bit earlier here. NO KINGS BS.

I often wondered who is behind all this.

Seems it's a bunch of smaller groups. Here's a good analysis of what is going on:

https://nationaltoday.com/us/mi/grand-rapids/news/2026/03/28/nationwide-no-kings-protests-linked-to-network-of-activist-groups/

Nationwide 'No Kings' Protests Linked to Network of Activist Groups

Investigation cites coordinated involvement of organizations with billions in combined revenue and messaging tied to socialist and revolutionary movements

Mar. 28, 2026 at 7:19pm

A nationwide protest movement branded 'No Kings' is being organized with support from a large network of activist groups, including organizations promoting socialist and communist ideologies, according to an investigation outlining the scale and structure behind the demonstrations. The findings state that approximately 500 groups with a combined estimated $3 billion in annual revenue are involved in coordinating protests taking place across the United States.

Why it Matters

The 'No Kings' protests represent a coordinated effort by a broad network of activist organizations to leverage mass demonstrations as a platform for advancing socialist and revolutionary political agendas. The scale and structure of this movement raise concerns about the potential for disruption and the risk of these protests being co-opted for ideological purposes beyond the stated goals.

The details

Permit documentation for a central march in St. Paul, Minnesota, identifies:

Indivisible, a national political advocacy organization, as the lead coordinator of the event.

The investigation also reported involvement from a broader network of organizations linked to activist financier Neville Roy Singham. Groups cited as participating include the People's Forum, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the ANSWER Coalition, CodePink, and the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. These organizations have coordinated protest activities and mobilization efforts across multiple cities. this is Indivisible the protest group behind the no kings and other groups supposedly this is the lead group:

Looks like more idiot college kids. Totally lost in a world they don't understand. So they protest,hate adults,and authority etc. 20 years from now they will forget they were even members.

6 posted on 03/29/2026 5:35:20 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Home of the Free Because of the Brave!! ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY:UNTIL ITS NOT!!)
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To: Alas Babylon!

I gotta work today,I’ll be on and off all day.


7 posted on 03/29/2026 5:38:54 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Home of the Free Because of the Brave!! ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY:UNTIL ITS NOT!!)
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To: All; Bernard
Heres another key to the no kings stuff:

Here's a little more:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/investigation-finds-no-kings-protests-backed-network-hundreds/

According to a copy of the permit for the “flagship” march in St. Paul, Minn., Indivisible, a national well-heeled Democratic political advocacy organization funded by billionaire George Soros, is the lead coordinator for the protest.

But Fox News Digital has also identified key participation by a network of radical socialist and communist organizations funded by Neville Roy Singham, an American tech tycoon and avowed communist living in China.

Over nearly a decade, Singham has financed a constellation of activist institutions that promote revolutionary socialist politics and frequently collaborate in protest campaigns, including the People's Forum in New York, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the ANSWER Coalition and CodePink, whose co-founder Jodie Evans is married to Singham. These groups work closely with the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Here's singham who lives in China:


8 posted on 03/29/2026 5:45:06 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Home of the Free Because of the Brave!! ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY:UNTIL ITS NOT!!)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Psalm 62:7 (King James Version)
In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

Nobody is ever going to accuse President Trump of taking the easy path when it comes to solving the world’s issues. It was one thing to take on Iraq who had been at war with Iran for a decade but to take on the heart of Islamic terrorism is a whole other level. They are like Iraq’s big brother and America was stuck there fighting Iraq and Iran through proxy terrorists like Isis for a decade costing a trillion dollars and thousands of lives.

Trump has allowed the military to take them out from the air with America’s best ally Israel they have decimated the Iranian military to the point they are basically defenseless. He pulls this off and he will have out Houdinied Houdini.

He knows Iran is the key to lasting peace in the Middle East since they have two main products, oil and terror. America has been the target of their terror for fifty years or longer so he said their rope had come to an end. They obviously did not bet the message with the attack on their nuclear facilities so it was time to finish the job which is where he is now.

He gave some very good news today explaining the very big gift they had given him which was ten tankers full of oil. It was a bit unclear if they actually gave the oil to America or just allowed ten tankers though the strait, but it really sounded like they gave him a billion dollars’ worth of oil.

The point was to show him they were in charge of the production and distribution of their oil as well as the control of the strait. With the elimination of the ruling Ayatoilet and his military they had no idea who was actually in charge, which is why the tankers were a symbol of their control. He said they were anxious to make an agreement to end the war as well as moving forward with a stable Iran in the future.

It he can bring about a civilized Iran he would have performed one of the greatest miracles since WWII which looks very close Lord willing. He is obviously one of the great negotiators as well as risk takers who has ever occupied the White House.

He made a joke of how he may run for the President of Venezuela when he finishes which was very funny but in reality this was a miraculous undertaking. To turn it from a Communist dictatorship and home of some of the largest drug cartels into an ally of America is monumental. America has already made hundreds of millions from Venezuelan oil which is a drop in the bucket from what will come in the future.

He is putting together a partnership between Venezuela and America which will benefit both countries since they had basically stopped producing any quantities of oil. He said as much as the United States had earned they have made more in two weeks than they made all last year. This is obviously the model he will be using for Iran as he will be using their oil to pay for the war and stabilize their country.

If he pulls this victory together he will have made the most incredible victories ever. Of course you are dealing with a den of cobras, but if anyone knows about snakes it is DJT being bitten by Dims. He is admired throughout the ME which is why he has made such great progress to begin with from Gaza to the Abraham Accords with the Sauds and now a complete turnaround of Iran, beyond comprehension.

He has called a ceasefire for the next ten days and by the end of that there could be an actual lasting peace in a region which has not seen peace in fifty years. America needs to pray day and night this war ends with peace for the ME and Israel. God is using President Trump in ways only he can do.

Pray for Peace


9 posted on 03/29/2026 5:47:49 AM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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10 posted on 03/29/2026 5:55:07 AM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: PROCON

That is awesome!


11 posted on 03/29/2026 5:57:05 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: bray; All
Excellent analysis of what is transpiring.

President Trump is managing a war that has been lied about since it's start by the driveby media. Everything that happens they lie about.

The demonstrations here in the US paid for by communists from all over especially China,Soros and 500 other small groups that put together three billion bucks continue to lie about what the US is doing in Iran and basically on a worldwide basis.

Managing Iran without knowing who is the leader is about as tough as it gets but if anyone is up to it it's our President.

The remnants of mullah fighters hide in schools, churches,hospitals and other places where we can't really bomb. Getting rid of them wont be easy nothing worthwhile ever is.

12 posted on 03/29/2026 6:00:58 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Home of the Free Because of the Brave!! ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY:UNTIL ITS NOT!!)
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To: bray

Thanks. I didn’t see it this morning. I was worried about you!


13 posted on 03/29/2026 6:02:48 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Conservatives can't afford to sit out. Vote like your freedom depends on it, it does!)
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To: PROCON

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


14 posted on 03/29/2026 6:05:49 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Alas Babylon!

I had a Biden moment last night.


15 posted on 03/29/2026 6:06:02 AM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: rodguy911

Enjoy.....I m still recovering from worst head/chest cold in over a decade. Ironically, first time ill since I had Covid almost 4 years ago, couldn’t even muster the strength to comment last week. The No Brains events were a bust around here yesterday,local TV guys showed brief glimpses from air and ground but tacked immediately to Bawstun,Manadamiville and MinnyNoplace protests. I noticed most of the protests here were located on sidewalks and public easement areas next to shopping centers because nothing screams out dedication to your cause like...Free Parking. 🙄


16 posted on 03/29/2026 6:06:30 AM PDT by Nekman (The Dems are SocialistCommunistUtopianMarxists...SCUM for short...it FITS!)
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Driving across Portland there was a single protester on an overpass which last time the overpasses were covered. More kings day was a bust in Portland.


17 posted on 03/29/2026 6:13:21 AM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: rodguy911

Do you think a bombing should go a full month before you call it an endless war? But enough about Steve Bannon and Israel.


18 posted on 03/29/2026 6:16:49 AM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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Pathetic protests although led by the biggest and the worst that there are along with 500 other smaller groups. The driveby TV plays it up as though it's real that the US really has a significant number of commies. We definitely don't.!! Let's hope the dems keep supporting commies, terrorists and illegals,even with massive cheating they still should lose.
19 posted on 03/29/2026 6:25:26 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Home of the Free Because of the Brave!! ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY:UNTIL ITS NOT!!)
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To: bray

I don’t call it an endless war.Basically, I support what Trump calls for. We have the best fighting forces in the world and they respect honor and follow Pres. Trump.That’s enough for me.


20 posted on 03/29/2026 6:27:35 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Home of the Free Because of the Brave!! ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY:UNTIL ITS NOT!!)
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