It’s Monday with @waytooearly.bsky.social — I’m back and very thankful for our guest hosts and team here. Let’s start a busy week…
☀️ @nancyayoussef.bsky.social
☕️ @lbarronlopez.bsky.social
🌅 Mychael Schnell
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01.12.2025 09:01 — 👍 22 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0
The U.S. Is Preparing for War in Venezuela
More U.S.-military firepower is headed to the Caribbean as Trump escalates his anti-Maduro rhetoric.
The U.S. hasn’t sent this many ships to the Caribbean since the Cuban missile crisis. W/ Ford's arrival, will be about as many as were used to defend Israel from Iran missile strikes. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec... by @nancyayoussef.bsky.social, Gisela Salim-Peyer, and @jonlemire.bsky.social
26.10.2025 15:27 — 👍 196 🔁 104 💬 21 📌 11
Jon and @nancyayoussef.bsky.social discuss the importance of journalist access to military leadership, especially as troops are deployed to US cities.
24.10.2025 15:56 — 👍 148 🔁 41 💬 6 📌 0
YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Pentagon’s Press Purge | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
In this week’s new #TheWeeklyShow episode, Jon, @nancyayoussef.bsky.social, Thomas Brennan & Dave Lapan discuss ⬇️:
>> Press Restrictions
>> Climate of Fear
>> Just Trust the Pentagon!
>> NEW Diarrhea Plane
NEW YouTube video out now.
youtube.com/watch?v=lwj5dAqrp_8&feature=youtu.be
23.10.2025 18:11 — 👍 66 🔁 17 💬 8 📌 0
Thomas Brennan and @nancyayoussef.bsky.social shed some light on how the restrictions placed on journalists by the Pentagon is part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s dismantling of the norms of military leadership.
23.10.2025 13:56 — 👍 56 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 2
On an all-new The Weekly Show @nancyayoussef.bsky.social, David Lapan and Thomas Brennan are here to make sense of the Pentagon’s push for tightening press restrictions and the backlash from journalists and media organizations.
23.10.2025 11:59 — 👍 72 🔁 17 💬 3 📌 1
YouTube video by MSNBC
'Images matter': Former CIA officer says global outrage forced Israel’s aid pause
The images, the foreign policy, the politics of what’s happening in Gaza w/ @mpolymer1.bsky.social youtu.be/lO36u1lqneM
28.07.2025 17:38 — 👍 58 🔁 26 💬 4 📌 3
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It’s Wednesday with @waytooearly.bsky.social:
☀️ Camila Bernal
☕️ @nancyayoussef.bsky.social
🌞 Bridget Bowman
🫖 Rep. Jake Auchincloss
🌅 Carlos Curbelo
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11.06.2025 08:04 — 👍 32 🔁 5 💬 9 📌 0
It’s Tuesday with @waytooearly.bsky.social:
☀️ @adamcancryn.bsky.social
☕️ @nancyayoussef.bsky.social
🌞 @errinhaines.bsky.social
🌅 @andrewdesiderio.bsky.social
Slept in yesterday & getting back into the groove today? I get it. Email why you’re up early to WayTooEarly@msnbc.com. #waytooearly
27.05.2025 08:01 — 👍 21 🔁 3 💬 8 📌 0
It’s Tuesday with @waytooearly.bsky.social:
☀️ @nancyayoussef.bsky.social
☕️ @nicktimiraos.bsky.social
🌞 Rep. Joe Morelle
🌅 @ericlipton.nytimes.com
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13.05.2025 08:01 — 👍 22 🔁 2 💬 9 📌 0
It’s Tuesday with @waytooearly.bsky.social:
☀️ @kthomasdc.bsky.social
☕️ @nancyayoussef.bsky.social
🌞 Alice Miranda Ollstein
🌅 Danny Cevallos
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22.04.2025 07:57 — 👍 39 🔁 6 💬 13 📌 0
Welcome to Tuesday - I’m back in the chair, too! - with @waytooearly.bsky.social:
☀️ Skylar Woodhouse
☕️ @nancyayoussef.bsky.social
🌞 @repdean.bsky.social
🌅 @kthomasdc.bsky.social
If you’re up, tell us why— here or email waytooearly@msnbc.com. #waytooearly
25.03.2025 07:57 — 👍 69 🔁 10 💬 15 📌 0
"The challenge is that in divvying it up, while the federal government will still have a role, once it's not under one umbrella ... you risk that those issues will not be addressed as sufficiently and adequately as they were under the Department of Education," said @nancyayoussef.bsky.social.
22.03.2025 00:38 — 👍 29 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1
And we’re back to Monday with @waytooearly.bsky.social:
☀️ @nancyayoussef.bsky.social
☕️ Kevin Frey
🌞 Ben Kamisar
🌅 @adamcancryn.bsky.social
Starting your week up early? Tell us why, here or email waytooearly@msnbc.com. #waytooearly
17.03.2025 07:58 — 👍 34 🔁 6 💬 10 📌 1
Welcome to Tuesday — and happy Mardi Gras! — with @waytooearly.bsky.social:
💚 @kthomasdc.bsky.social
💜 @nancyayoussef.bsky.social
💛 Eugene Robinson
⚜️ Rep. Joe Courtney & Gabriel D’Alatri
If you’re up, tell us why by emailing WayTooEarly@msnbc.com or reply here.
04.03.2025 09:05 — 👍 57 🔁 6 💬 27 📌 0
It’s Tuesday with @waytooearly.bsky.social:
☀️ @nancyayoussef.bsky.social
☕️ @ryanjreilly.com
🌞 @gabeamo.bsky.social
🌅 Brendan Buck
If you’re up, tell us why: email WayTooEarly@msnbc.com or reply here 👇🏽 #waytooearly
25.02.2025 09:04 — 👍 51 🔁 6 💬 28 📌 0
And we’re back! It’s Monday and @waytooearly.bsky.social is kicking your week off with:
☀️ @nancyayoussef.bsky.social
☕️ @emilydavies.bsky.social
🌞 @lmchervinsky.bsky.social
🌅 Brendan Buck
You up? We want to know why. Email waytooearly@msnbc.com. #WayTooEarly
17.02.2025 08:58 — 👍 62 🔁 7 💬 13 📌 0
Hi friends, thanks for the follows. I am bringing Overheard to BlueSky, and I am also introducing something I am calling: #Readover, which will signal interesting stories I think are worth reading and why. I want to what I love abt journalism and storytelling, thru natsec stories and beyond
11.02.2025 22:10 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Todays headlines across WP, NYT, and WSJ with @nancyayoussef.bsky.social, Gordon and Brett leading WSJ
01.02.2025 17:04 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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