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The liberal media is not known for its deep and abiding respect for the US military. Yet in the opening segment alone of today's Morning Joe, there were no fewer than nine instances of members of the panel referring to Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman as a "hero" or Purple Heart recipient. For good measure, Mike Barnicle melodramatically described him as "wearing the cloth of our country." What accounts for such a sudden onset of hero worship? The answer's obvious: the Democrats and MSM see Vindman as a key impeachment witness against President Trump. It suits their political purposes to celebrate...

Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are accusing President Trump and Attorney General William Barr of unintentionally endangering the lives of Trump opponents, including Scarborough himself. On Friday's Morning Joe, Scarborough and Brzezinski expressed outrage that, by failing to charge Coast Guardsman Christopher Hasson with terrorism, they made him eligible for release on bail on the lesser charges of gun and drug possession. Here was Scarborough: "Barr will not charge this terrorist with acts of terrorism or a plot to actually kill people who run America's government, I guess because they don't support Donald Trump . . . I guess Barr...