EVASION(S): Compagno agrees with what he said!

TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2026

Our discourse is built on evasions: Starting at 6 o'clock sharp, the yukking-it-up was nearly general over today's Morning Joe.

In fairness, Joe Scarborough has crafted a program which, on balance and in our opinion, is the most intelligent cable news program in the American firmament. (All in all, we'd have to say that the competition isn't even real close.)

Still, there are times when the MoJo crew can't seem to help themselves. Life can still be highly enjoyable in a failing nation when you're paid an extremely high salary, and the recipients of those extremely large salaries sometimes just wanna have fun. 

In a curious way, it reminds us of Chekhov's description—admittedly, in translation—of the sexually promiscuous Gurov. The description is offered right at the start of Chekhov's greatest-story-ever-written candidate, The Lady with the Lapdog: 

At every new meeting with an attractive woman, he forgot all about [previous bitter] experience, he wanted to enjoy life so much, and it all seemed so simple and amusing.

He wanted to enjoy life so much! Gurov changes as this widely praised story unfolds—but every once in a while, the high-end gaggle on Morning Joe seems to forget about the situation we all find ourselves in. 

On such occasions, they chuckle and joke and gambol and play. If only for one brief shining moment, it all seems so simple and amusing! 

Yesterday morning, out in reality, we spoke about a pitiful "sifting" which took place on Sunday morning's Fox & Friends Weekend program.  

One of the friends, Charlie Hurt, had been tasked with reporting a death. Semi-comically, this is what he said:

HURT (3/22/26): Former FBI director and special counsel Robert Mueller, who led the 2016 election interference probe tied to Russia, has died. His family releasing a statement, writing, quote, "With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bob passed away. His family asks that their privacy be respected." 

Former President George W. Bush, who nominated Mueller, says he is deeply saddened by the loss and praised him for his service to the country, writing, quote, "Bob transitioned the agency mission to protecting the homeland after September 11. He led it effectively, helping prevent another terrorist attack on U.S. soil."

While a cause of death has not been released, Mueller battled Parkinson's for several years, He was 81 years old. 

Addressing Red American viewers, Hurt reported what a former president had said about Mueller's death. But in his statement—presumably, it had been crafted by unnamed producers--he sifted out the highly unusual thing the current president had said!

Is something "wrong" with that current president—something which may even be dangerous? Red and Blue elites alike have agreed that we must never ask! 

Blue news orgs won't ask that question. On Red news orgs, we're told that the sitting president is so spectacularly competent that—according to Greg Gutfeld's repeated bumper sticker—we citizens "don't deserve him."

(When Gutfeld emits that bromide, he means it as a compliment to the sitting president—to the person who made that highly unusual remark about Mueller's death.)

Needless to say, that president has made other highly unusual comments in recent days. On Fox, they send waves of messenger children onto the air to disappear these unusual comments—or, on the rare occasion, to affirm the highly unusual things the sitting commander has said. 

Sometimes, the co-hosts affirm the highly unusual statements! So it was that Emily Compagno made the statement we've transcribed below on yesterday's edition of The Five. 

We have no doubt that Compagno was completely sincere in what she said. But to ask a slightly awkward question, in what universe should she be serving as a co-host of our failing nation's most-watched "cable news" program? 

That's a slightly awkward question! At any rate, last evening, on The Five, after a somewhat jumbled prologue, here's what Compagno said:  

COMPAGNO (3/23/26): You know, Trump called the Democrat [sic] Party "America's greatest enemy." And I agree—and how can you not, watching that? 

It was "the enemy within" all over again!  Compagno said she agreed with the president's statement! How can you not, she aked!

(For the record, Compagno was referring to the situation in which TSA workers are currently showing up for work but aren't getting paid.) 

At present, TSA workers aren't getting paid in a timely fashion. (They'll be reimbursed later on.)  Watching that ongoing situation—failing to mention President Trump's emerging role in this situation—Compagno said the sitting president had been right when he offered this highly unusual Truth Social post:

Truth Details 

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump 

Now with the death of Iran, the greatest enemy America has is the Radical Left, Highly Incompetent, Democrat [sic] Party! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT 

As we noted yesterday, the president posted that assessment as the weekend ended. Yesterday, on our most-watched "cable news" show, Compagno said she agreed with that highly unusual statement.

"How can you not?" she asked! 

On Sunday, the three friends had disappeared something the president said. On Monday, Compagno repeated this other highly unusual comment, then said she can't imagine how anyone could fail to agree with the president's remark. 

Full disclosure! Over the weekend, we went looking for the real Emily Compagno. We were surprised by the number of interview / profiles we found online, though we won't tell you what they said.

Compagno frequently laughs and smiles. We have no doubt that she's fully sincere. But should she be positioned as co-host on our nation's most-watched news show?

Given the ethos of this failing nation, it's an awkward question you ask!

Yesterday, Red American viewers were shielded from another unusual comment. This comment came from Gerard Baker, former editor-in-chief of the Murdoch empire's Wall Street Journal.

Under the reign of President Trump. "we [Americans] have become Baghdad Bob," Baker had rather remarkably said. That comment wasn't repeated on The Five. It was sifted—disappeared. 

Red American viewers were shielded from the difficulty of knowing what Baker had said. For Mediaite's report about Baker's remarks, you can just click here.

Information can be sifted—can be disappeared. Highly significant, basic news topics can also be disappeared. 

We Blues have frequently disappeared major topics over the past several years. We'll touch on that awkward matter tomorrow. For today, we'll close with one more fact about Compagno.

One week ago, on the March 17 edition of The Five, the gang pretended to discuss James Talarico. Even by the standards of this clownish imitation of a "cable news" program, the comments were hard to believe.

Gutfeld said he was "getting Ted Bundy vibes" from the Texas Senate candidate, Compagno then compared Talarico to a pair of religious cult leaders, including David Koresh of Branch Davidian / Waco fame.

Can a society expect to survive when its discourse functions this way? We plan to transcribe those comments on Thursday morning. But for today, we'll tell you this:

Those astounding comments have gone unmentioned in Blue America. So too with the astounding bogus claims made on March 3—astoundingly bogus claims made by all the messenger children, from Kat Timpf and Gutfeld on down.

In Blue America, our orgs don't want to ask if something is "wrong" with the sitting American president. Those orgs also prefer to pretend that the powerful Fox News Channel doesn't even exist.

As in The Sixth Sense, so too here? Has a society already died when its major orgs function this way?

Tomorrow, we'll talk about one of Blue America's major evasions. On Thursday, we'll force ourselves to transcribe what the co-hosts said about Talarico. Sic semper "news shows" like this!

Gurov emerges profoundly changed. Is it already too late for us? We'll type and let you decide!

Tomorrow: Major Blue evasion