The Official Mike Barnicle Website https://www.mikebarnicle.com The Official Mike Barnicle Website Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:56:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Lindsey Graham: A Political Chameleon https://www.mikebarnicle.com/2026/lindsey-graham-a-political-chameleon/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:56:06 +0000 https://www.mikebarnicle.com/?p=10184 Tune in to this Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough and Mike Barnicle reflecting upon the political legacy of South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, his evolution within the Republican Party, and the shifting political alliances that defined his career. “The thing that I never understood about him is that he was never cruel in terms of when he would speak to you about different politicians or issues, or whatever like that. But he once said—about Joe Biden—that if you can meet a better person, God never created a better person than Joe Biden. And yet he said some horrific things […]

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]]> Tune in to this Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough and Mike Barnicle reflecting upon the political legacy of South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, his evolution within the Republican Party, and the shifting political alliances that defined his career. “The thing that I never understood about him is that he was never cruel in terms of when he would speak to you about different politicians or issues, or whatever like that. But he once said—about Joe Biden—that if you can meet a better person, God never created a better person than Joe Biden. And yet he said some horrific things about Biden during Biden’s presidency and just quite recently, and I’ve never been able to juggle that,” comments Barnicle. Hear Scarborough explain why he believes Graham was a “shape shifter” in pursuit of access to power.

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]]> Markets, War, Politics https://www.mikebarnicle.com/2026/markets-war-politics/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:42:44 +0000 https://www.mikebarnicle.com/?p=10182 “What an incredible thing: Gas prices are up, stocks are down, and we’re spending $1 billion a day in Iran—wow,” says Morning Joe contributor Mike Barnicle during this discussion with Joe Scarborough and POLITICO politics bureau chief Jonathan Martin about the political fallout from the renewed U.S.-Iran conflict, the difficult choices facing Republican candidates, and how rising gas prices especially this upcoming Labor Day weekend could shape the midterm elections.

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]]> “What an incredible thing: Gas prices are up, stocks are down, and we’re spending $1 billion a day in Iran—wow,” says Morning Joe contributor Mike Barnicle during this discussion with Joe Scarborough and POLITICO politics bureau chief Jonathan Martin about the political fallout from the renewed U.S.-Iran conflict, the difficult choices facing Republican candidates, and how rising gas prices especially this upcoming Labor Day weekend could shape the midterm elections.

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]]> ICE Under Fire https://www.mikebarnicle.com/2026/ice-under-fire-2/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:34:39 +0000 https://www.mikebarnicle.com/?p=10180 This is not for the first time this has happened in a city or a town in the United States of America where ill-trained or untrained federal officials shoot and kill someone. In this case, they shot a resident of Maine. And the idea that the federal police—the ICE people—are there to take over that investigation is beyond outrageous. The Maine State Police, I’m sure, has a very good homicide unit. They should be the ones covering this, they should be the ones. They should have encircled that area right there, frozen it for evidence. It’s a shooting scene, and […]

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]]> This is not for the first time this has happened in a city or a town in the United States of America where ill-trained or untrained federal officials shoot and kill someone. In this case, they shot a resident of Maine. And the idea that the federal police—the ICE people—are there to take over that investigation is beyond outrageous. The Maine State Police, I’m sure, has a very good homicide unit. They should be the ones covering this, they should be the ones. They should have encircled that area right there, frozen it for evidence. It’s a shooting scene, and no ICE agent should be allowed to interfere in that investigation,” says veteran columnist Mike Barnicle during this Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough, Willie Geist and Mara Gay about the circumstances around another fatal ICE shooting of a person in a car—this time in Maine—and who should investigate federal immigration officer-involved shootings.

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]]> Trump v. the NYT https://www.mikebarnicle.com/2026/trump-v-the-nyt/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:17:05 +0000 https://www.mikebarnicle.com/?p=10178 This Morning Joe conversation among Jonathan Lemire, Mike Barnicle and New York Times investigative reporter Michael Schmidt delves into the Trump Administration’s having issued subpoenas to five New York Times reporters. What are the implications on press freedom and should the White House Correspondents’ Dinner be canceled “given the war that the president has waged against the press?” asks Barnicle. Watch the segment here.

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]]> This Morning Joe conversation among Jonathan Lemire, Mike Barnicle and New York Times investigative reporter Michael Schmidt delves into the Trump Administration’s having issued subpoenas to five New York Times reporters. What are the implications on press freedom and should the White House Correspondents’ Dinner be canceled “given the war that the president has waged against the press?” asks Barnicle. Watch the segment here.

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]]> ICE’s lack of credibility https://www.mikebarnicle.com/2026/ices-lack-of-credibility/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:33:32 +0000 https://www.mikebarnicle.com/?p=10176 Tune in for this Morning Joe conversation with Jonathan Lemire, former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson and Mike Barnicle about the fallout from the fatal ICE shooting in Houston and the broader implications for political rhetoric, public trust, and leadership. Hear Johnson explain why he believes fatal ICE shootings like the one in Houston require local involvement to ensure public trust and accountability.

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]]> Tune in for this Morning Joe conversation with Jonathan Lemire, former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson and Mike Barnicle about the fallout from the fatal ICE shooting in Houston and the broader implications for political rhetoric, public trust, and leadership. Hear Johnson explain why he believes fatal ICE shootings like the one in Houston require local involvement to ensure public trust and accountability.

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]]> Trump’s Ukraine meeting https://www.mikebarnicle.com/2026/trumps-ukraine-meeting/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:10:05 +0000 https://www.mikebarnicle.com/?p=10174 Watch this Morning Joe conversation with The Atlantic staff writer Franklin Foer discussing President Donald Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the NATO summit, Ukraine’s recent military gains, and the urgent need for additional missile defense support. “A sidebar—a sad sidebar—to the NATO meetings, there was the conversation—the brief conversation—between the President of the United States and Zelensky and Ukraine. And the consensus has always been, if you speak to people in the Pentagon—who will still speak to you without getting caught—they will tell you that if they had been supplied, if Ukraine had been supplied, properly over […]

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]]> Watch this Morning Joe conversation with The Atlantic staff writer Franklin Foer discussing President Donald Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the NATO summit, Ukraine’s recent military gains, and the urgent need for additional missile defense support. “A sidebar—a sad sidebar—to the NATO meetings, there was the conversation—the brief conversation—between the President of the United States and Zelensky and Ukraine. And the consensus has always been, if you speak to people in the Pentagon—who will still speak to you without getting caught—they will tell you that if they had been supplied, if Ukraine had been supplied, properly over the past year, year and a half, Russia would have collapsed already within Ukraine, the military would have collapsed. What were you thinking when you saw the two of them together?” asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle. Hear Foer explain why he believes “Ukraine has seized the initiative” and why this could be a pivotal moment in the war.

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]]> POTUS corruption questions https://www.mikebarnicle.com/2026/potus-corruption-questions/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:23:47 +0000 https://www.mikebarnicle.com/?p=10171 “It’s a staggering amount of money he’s made personally….It’s incredible what’s going on—the level of corruption in Washington,” says Morning Joe contributor Mike Barnicle in this brief conversation with Willie Geist about new reporting on President Donald Trump’s financial disclosures, which reveal billions in cryptocurrency-related earnings and raise fresh questions about ethics and conflicts of interest.

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]]> “It’s a staggering amount of money he’s made personally….It’s incredible what’s going on—the level of corruption in Washington,” says Morning Joe contributor Mike Barnicle in this brief conversation with Willie Geist about new reporting on President Donald Trump’s financial disclosures, which reveal billions in cryptocurrency-related earnings and raise fresh questions about ethics and conflicts of interest.

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]]> America at 250: Celebration v. commemoration https://www.mikebarnicle.com/2026/america-at-250-celebration-v-commemoration/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:24:48 +0000 https://www.mikebarnicle.com/?p=10169 “Mr. Meacham, this weekend, 250th anniversary of the United States of America….I’d like to tell you a little story, and perhaps you could lend me some commonsense reaction to it. The other day I had a doctor’s appointment, and I’m walking through the halls of Massachusetts General Hospital—one of the finest institutions, medical institutions, in the world—and it was the day after the Temporary Status Protection Act was basically ripped apart by the Supreme Court. And hospitals, a large many hospitals, depend on people from Haiti and other countries as employees. And I’m wondering as I walked through the hallways, […]

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]]> “Mr. Meacham, this weekend, 250th anniversary of the United States of America….I’d like to tell you a little story, and perhaps you could lend me some commonsense reaction to it. The other day I had a doctor’s appointment, and I’m walking through the halls of Massachusetts General Hospital—one of the finest institutions, medical institutions, in the world—and it was the day after the Temporary Status Protection Act was basically ripped apart by the Supreme Court. And hospitals, a large many hospitals, depend on people from Haiti and other countries as employees. And I’m wondering as I walked through the hallways, what has happened to this country that elements of our government seem so unfriendly towards its citizens, and yet the citizens themselves continue each and every day getting up, going to work, earning a pay check, taking care of their families like responsible Americans. What Is going on?” asks veteran columnist Mike Barnicle of presidential historian Jon Meacham, who discusses why America should “try to recover this sense of mercy and forgiveness.”

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]]> The world is falling in love with America https://www.mikebarnicle.com/2026/the-world-is-falling-in-love-with-america/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:20:00 +0000 https://www.mikebarnicle.com/?p=10165 This Morning Joe conversation is with Men in Blazers founder Roger Bennett, who joins to discuss his new book and the FIFA World Cup 2026—as Canada has made it to the Round of 16 for the first time ever and the U.S. men’s national team is set to take on Bosnia and Herzegovina in the knockout round—and how the tournament is bringing fans from around the world together across America. “Roger, first of all, it’s kind of incredible that both the United States and Canada are in the knockout round here. But I’d like to ask you about something I […]

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]]> This Morning Joe conversation is with Men in Blazers founder Roger Bennett, who joins to discuss his new book and the FIFA World Cup 2026—as Canada has made it to the Round of 16 for the first time ever and the U.S. men’s national team is set to take on Bosnia and Herzegovina in the knockout round—and how the tournament is bringing fans from around the world together across America. “Roger, first of all, it’s kind of incredible that both the United States and Canada are in the knockout round here. But I’d like to ask you about something I think is a bit bigger even than the World Cup, and it is this: That all of the people from all of these nations here in the United States…They come and they bring happiness at arrival, being here in the United States. They view the people of the United States as friends, and it’s something that they’re not used to understanding from where they come because of the media coverage of the United States in the last 10 years or so; but the smile on the foreigners’ faces really brings smiles to the face of many Americans now,” says veteran columnist Mike Barnicle. Hear Bennett explain why the legacy of this World Cup is “seeing the world fall in love with America.””

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]]> Parades and politics https://www.mikebarnicle.com/2026/parades-and-politics/ Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:07:19 +0000 https://www.mikebarnicle.com/?p=10158 Tune in on this Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Willie Geist, Jonathan Lemire, Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) and Mike Barnicle as they discuss the New York Knicks’ championship parade, the Boston Red Sox’s struggles and weigh in on the now signed U.S.-Iran peace deal that critics argue gives Tehran a massive financial relief and immediate sanctions waivers without sufficiently dismantling Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. “We’re talking about parades…The second largest parade taking place today is in the streets of Tehran because they won big,” says Barnicle.

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]]> Tune in on this Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Willie Geist, Jonathan Lemire, Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) and Mike Barnicle as they discuss the New York Knicks’ championship parade, the Boston Red Sox’s struggles and weigh in on the now signed U.S.-Iran peace deal that critics argue gives Tehran a massive financial relief and immediate sanctions waivers without sufficiently dismantling Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. “We’re talking about parades…The second largest parade taking place today is in the streets of Tehran because they won big,” says Barnicle.

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