Mike Ferguson in the Morning 01-02-25

(8:05am) Real comedy begins to break through as CNN gets bashed live on-air during their New Year's Eve Live 2025 show!

We also discuss why CNN political commentator Scott Jennings is the only entertaining thing on CNN! His responses and pushback during panel discussions are awesome. 

We discuss Karoline Leavitt's nomination to serve as White House press secretary in the Trump administration and why she's a great follow-up to Kayleigh McEnany. Like McEnany, Leavitt is smart and tough. She worked on the staff that assisted McEnany and she also worked with Elise Stefanik. She then ran for Congress, winning the Republican nomination for New Hampshire's first congressional district in 2022, and then losing in the general election to Democrat Chris Pappas. At 27, Leavitt will be the youngest White House press secretary in US history.

Story on CNN's NYEve show here: https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/01/01/comedian-bodies-kamala-and-joe-on-cnns-new-years-eve-special-n2183805

More on the comeback of humor and satire here: https://redstate.com/brutalbrittany/2025/01/01/comedian-roats-dems-on-cnn-nyekamala-was-forced-on-us-so-hard-youd-think-she-was-patented-by-pfizer-n2183806

(8:20am) What up with those AI Facebook accounts? We discuss Meta investing in AI-generated characters and profiles to drive up engagement. Story here: https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/meta-invest-ai-generated-characters-profiles-drive-up-engagement

(8:35am) RedState columnist Teri Christoph talks about the Mississippi Valley State Marching Band (an HBCU institution) getting backlash because they want to perform at Trump's inauguration after being invited to be part of the festivities. She also looks at her "Gen-X Files" feature column. 

Here is Teri's column on the Mississippi Valley State Marching Band: https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2024/12/31/hbcu-marching-band-trump-inauguration-n2183792

Teri's story on Mexico developing an app to make sure illegal aliens can still be funneled into the U.S.: https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2024/12/30/mexico-panic-button-app-n2183738

Teri's latest Gen-X Files column here: https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2024/12/18/gen-x-files-classic-sitcom-christmas-specials-for-your-viewing-pleasure-n2183341

More columns from Teri here: https://redstate.com/author/terichristoph

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(8:50am) A look ahead at Friday on Capitol Hill as Mike Johnson tries to hold on to Speaker of the House. 

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