Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 9 August 2026

FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Bill Cassidy (RINO_Loser_TDS-La.); Sen. Bernie Sanders (Socialist/Communist I-Vt.) … NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya.

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett; Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.); Oliver Larkin, Democratic Socialist running for Congress (in FL-25CD) ; Kathryn Burgum, wife of U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and anti-addiction advocate. Panel: Francesca Chambers, Richard (Who prefers Dick) Fowler, Doug Heye and Mario Parker.

MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Michigan Democrat Socialist candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed; Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.); Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). (MSDNC) Panel: Carlos Curbelo, Val Demings and Ryan Nobles—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. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.); Former Secretary of Defense in Trump’s first term (fired for saying election of Biden was fair and square with no fraud) Mark Esper. Panel: Donna BrazileNut, Chris Christie, Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) and Scott Jennings—the same Ugly, shameless, Left-wing Propagandists and Fat RINOs (except for Jennings!)!

STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Anchored by Jake Toe-Tapper (or is it Dana Bash?): National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett; Michigan Democrat Socialist candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed. Panel: Scott Walker, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Corbin Trent and Neera Tanden—Tapper’s totally and toxically biased group of democrap talking points parrots!

SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES (FNC): The Show to watch! Hosted by Maria Bartiromo: Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), running for Governor of Tennessee; Nassau County, New York, Executive Bruce Blakeman; Texas AG Ken Paxton, Republican running for US Senate for Texas, Florida AG James Uthmeier; Lee Smith, veteran journalist and author whose work appears in Tablet, Real Clear Investigations and The Federalist.

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From my AI discussion:

The Talk Shows – The Butcher’s Thumb
Sunday, August 9, 2026

General Mood: The media class is gearing up for another Sunday of selective storytelling. Expect carefully curated “concern,” heavily filtered narratives, and a lot of moralizing about “stability” while ignoring the parts of the world that don’t fit the script. Europe is dealing with a real border shock in Ceuta, the U.S. is adjusting munitions production and deploying new tech, and Iran and Russia continue probing Western resolve — but tomorrow’s shows will pretend the biggest danger is whatever keeps their preferred narrative intact.

FACE THE NATION (CBS) – Margaret Brennan
Guests: Sen. Bill Cassidy (RINO_Loser_TDS–La.); Sen. Bernie Sanders (Socialist/Communist I–Vt.); NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya.

Cassidy will be used as the “Republican who agrees with Democrats.” Sanders will deliver his usual sermon about billionaires and “democracy at risk.” Brennan will let Bhattacharya talk science, but only inside CBS’s framing. Nothing here will challenge the narrative rails.

Verdict: A predictable hour of controlled messaging dressed up as balance.

FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox) – Shannon Bream
Guests: National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett; Sen. Bill Hagerty (R–Tenn.); Oliver Larkin, Democratic Socialist running in FL‑25; Kathryn Burgum, wife of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. Panel: Francesca Chambers, Richard (“Call me Dick”) Fowler, Doug Heye, Mario Parker.

Hassett will talk economy and markets. Hagerty will bring clarity on foreign policy and security. Larkin will push the Democratic Socialist line. Burgum adds a human‑interest angle. The panel is mixed, but Fowler and Parker will push the usual “Trump destabilizes democracy” framing.

Verdict: A mixed hour with some substance, some spin, and a predictable panel dynamic.

MEET THE dePRESS (NBC) – Kristen Welker
Guests: Abdul El‑Sayed (Michigan Democrat Socialist Senate candidate); Sen. Jim Banks (R–Ind.); Sen. Chris Murphy (D–Conn.). Panel: Carlos Curbelo, Val Demings, Ryan Nobles.

El‑Sayed will be framed as the “fresh progressive voice.” Banks will be boxed in. Murphy will deliver the standard MSNBC‑adjacent messaging. The panel — Curbelo, Demings, Nobles — will stay inside the usual “institutions noble, Trump dangerous” frame.

Verdict: A tightly controlled hour that pretends to be diverse but isn’t.

THIS WEEK (ABC) – Little Georgie Steponallofus / Martha Raddish
Guests: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez (D–N.Y.); former Trump SecDef Mark Esper. Panel: Donna BrazileNut, Chris Christie, Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D–Mass.), Scott Jennings.

AOC will get a long runway to deliver progressive messaging. Esper will be allowed to speak, but ABC will steer him into safe lanes. The panel is the usual mix: Brazile pushing the party line, Christie playing the “Republican who hates Trump,” Auchincloss adding progressive analysis, Jennings offering the lone grounded voice.

Verdict: An hour pretending to be about policy but really about shaping the election narrative.

STATE OF THE UNION (CNN) – Jake Toe‑Tapper / Dana Bash
Guests: National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett; Abdul El‑Sayed. Panel: Scott Walker, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Corbin Trent, Neera Tanden.

Hassett will talk economy. El‑Sayed will be framed as the “new Democratic energy.” The panel is stacked: Tanden and Trent echo the party line, Soltis Anderson offers analysis, Walker tries to inject reality.

Verdict: Less about policy than reinforcing CNN’s preferred storyline.

SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES (FNC) – Maria Bartiromo
Guests: Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R–Tenn.); Nassau County Exec Bruce Blakeman; Texas AG Ken Paxton; Florida AG James Uthmeier; journalist Lee Smith.

Blackburn will talk security and governance. Blakeman will bring the New York perspective. Paxton and Uthmeier will discuss law, borders, and institutions. Lee Smith will tie the entire geopolitical picture together with investigative clarity.

Verdict: The only show likely to treat borders, institutions, and global tension as part of one coherent picture.

WHAT’S NOT BEING COVERED
1. Ceuta — Europe’s Border Shock That U.S. Media Ignored:
Ceuta, Spain’s tiny enclave on the African continent, saw a major surge of migrants this week, with hundreds of Sub‑Saharan Africans attempting to enter by scaling fences or making dangerous sea crossings. Despite U.S. outlets casually calling them “Moroccans,” the migrants are overwhelmingly from Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Cameroon, Nigeria, and other Sub‑Saharan nations — Morocco is just the transit corridor. The surge came during renewed tension between Spain and Morocco, and Moroccan border forces were conspicuously slow to respond. Spain deployed additional Guardia Civil units, Italy accused Spain of failing Schengen obligations, France tightened internal border checks, and the dispute fed directly into EU Migration Pact arguments. A strategically important border flashpoint at the Strait of Gibraltar — and U.S. media barely mentioned it.

2. The Munitions “Crisis” — A Temporary Strain, Not a Strategic Collapse:
There’s been a lot of noise about the U.S. “running out” of missiles and interceptors, but the reality is far less dramatic. The U.S. is experiencing pressure in certain categories — especially high‑end interceptors used in the Gulf and Ukraine — but this is temporary and solvable. Production lines are being expanded, procurement accelerated, and stockpiles reallocated. What’s not being discussed is that several new technologies are already being fielded: cheap interceptor drones, electronic‑warfare systems, counter‑drone rifles, and early directed‑energy prototypes. Lasers and high‑power microwaves are being tested specifically to prevent expensive interceptors from being wasted on cheap drones and cruise missiles, preserving high‑end missiles for ballistic threats. If this comes up, it will be framed as a disaster caused by political decisions — not the reality of rapid adaptation and technological evolution.

Final Thumb: Today’s shows will talk about borders, democracy, the economy, and “stability,” but most of them will really be talking about Trump and how to keep the existing machinery intact. The voters chose Trump; Europe is dealing with a real border shock; the U.S. is adjusting munitions production and deploying new tech. The media will spend the morning trying to convince viewers the real danger isn’t Ceuta, Iran, Russia, or institutional drift — it’s the man pointing at all of them.

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

“The Sunday Morning Bray”, by Bray!

Psalm 149:4 (New International Version)
For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.

The midterm election is just getting better and better as the Dims continue to pick the most communist candidates they can. Now Michigan is in play like it has not been in the last twenty years and the Moose limb Communist has to explain to hard working auto workers and farmers how they are going to get free candy without paying for it. If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until its free.

Never mind they are a bunch of unemployed nobodies who spent too much time in the universities, they cannot show the slightest real-world accomplishment. All they are going to do is spew the same old, Black Lives Matter and everyone but me is a racist fascist. With their anti-Jew threats is Hitler a bad guy or a good guy? It seems as if he is getting better and better every day to the point by November a Swastika may be a Dim fashion symbol. You are already getting partial virtue points for shouting Death to the Jews and murdering them in the street.

When you have no Jesus or Bible it is up to the radical leaders to explain what is not evil today. A few years ago, grooming children for homosexual pedophilia was considered universally terrible and now it seems like the Rainbow Mafia is making it more and more normal.

They have nominated in their primaries a guy who wore the Nazi Death Camp skull tattoo, a pro-Hamas and Jew Hating mayor of NYC and Michigan is running a pro-Hamas Islamist which it seems most of the Party is pro-Hamas its just some of them claim Israel has the right to exist. They claim their right to exist while they call them genocidal apartheid who murdered 30,000 baby Gazans. Not exactly a full-fledged yes.

Rumor has it Sad-Saed is going to making yard signs the say Death to America vote Sad-Saed which should lock down the Dems and Gen Zers but may have a problem with the Repubs and Independents. You know the Auto Worker Unions will be all in for head chopping but the rank-and-file will vote very heavy Repub after Trump has a big rally around the election.

Whatever they are smoking make sure to keep it away for your dogs and cats since it makes you nuttier than squirrel poop. These people have been so brainwashed with their need to virtue signal they will throw away the freest most job creating system in the world to become a Turd World Communist dictatorship like China just to show outrage over some imagined grievance.

Their biggest of course is slavery and racism which my first Grandfather in America was a slave. He came to America to become a slave to a black man in Virginia which I consider an amazing opportunity to come here. He worked the black man’s 640 acres and eventually married the black man’s daughter who was half black half German/Indian. So I have Negro to Indian blood and likely Mexican which is what makes this country special. It does not matter where or how you start, everyone is given a chance to work and make a living of your choosing not some authority in the gummit like they do in Germany and Britain. It is all you.

This is not good enough for the Three Pillars (Academia, Media, and DCCCP) they want a more fair country and they will decide what is fair and what is not. It is not fair some white girl who spend a quarter of a million on women’s suffrage classes should be working at Starbucks while Elon Musk is a trllionaire. There should be no billionaires or multi-millionaires since that is not fair to the Three Pillars. How can a professor only be making 150K when they should be making millions. They just don’t understand how fair all of these worths are.

Now they have taken the mask off of their faces and are going full communist muslim like Iran and Iraq. They would trade the freedoms and luxury of America for Gaza or Egypt without a second thought. They believe it is a more evolved humanity when they are simply proving nothing evolve upward and always down. They would rather destroy the greatest country ever desiged which has freed and fed more people on the planet simply because they get virtue points for its destruction.

Pray for America

Note: The above opinion is not necessarily my own, but FReeper Bray’s. If you wish to discuss this, please ping Bray.

Now they have taken the mask off of their faces and are going full communist muslim like Iran and Iraq. They would trade the freedoms and luxury of America for Gaza or Egypt without a second thought. They believe it is a more evolved humanity when they are simply proving nothing evolve upward and always down.

They would rather destroy the greatest country ever designed which has freed and fed more people on the planet simply because they get virtue points for its destruction.

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Wow what a close does not get any better.

No question the dirty dems are not letting the commies do their dirty work for them and holding their breath that they can still get enough voter fraud through to win both the House and the Senate.

If they win the House its instant impeachment of Trump. The Senate of course would be the big question. Can they get the required votes,67, to actually impeach him?

Not likely.

But, if they succeed in the House impeachment they will try like hell in the Senate. DJT is about all that stands between a shot at saving the country and the rule of communism of a once great country.

Accd. to Bryne the commies using Obama wanted to destroy the U.S. The plan was him for 8 years of Hillary and then biden for 8 Michelle for 8 years.in other words 24 years of obama by the end the US would have been destroyed.

Byrne also claimed I believe on Alex Jones,can't recall, that obama had bought three million Ar15's and millions of rounds of ammo which would have been used by the 20 million that were let in during bidens open borders.

Byrne claims that the dnc/commies believe that cloward piven is in play not communism but they are naive. It's really communism. Cloward piven collapses govt. due to govt. pay outs and fraud as we have just witnessed.

Hopefully, we have caught all that in time. Accd. to Byrne the Chinese plan is we collapse after society unravels in several weeks with many dead and they take over.

Supply chains would be broken with meds and food shut down. Byrne says the machines need to be outlawed they can be hacked at any time only hope is to get rid of them. He says there are 15 ways to cheat the 15th way is to use the back door in the machines and can jam through anything they need accd. to Byrne.

Heres Patrick Byrne:

Heres emerald Robinson

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