The New Host of Meet the Press

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Hey Useful Idiots,

If you joined us yesterday for our solemn Monday Mourning livestream, then you’re already aware of the soul-crushing news of the year: the Chuckster is out at Meet the Press.

As much as you cover your ears and scream, you can’t unread the words. Chuck Todd, our inimitable star of Monday Mourning whose weekly recaps kicked off our propaganda-exposing show in the most precise way, is demoted, in his own words, to simply a “cheerleader” for Meet the Press.

Which means he is no longer a “cheerleader” for the national security state and military industrial complex.

So for this tearful Absurd Arena, I’ve got a couple questions:

• Who should replace Chuck Todd as the host of Meet the Press?

• What should Chuck Todd do next in his career?

• With the Chuckster gone from Monday Mourning, who should become our new star?

• And with so much change in the pundit world (we’ve now lost friends-of-show Chuckster and Stelter), are there any new formats you’d like to see from Useful Idiots? Monday Mourning is live for watching the Sunday shows, Thursday Throwdown is a midweek dose of media madness, and the Food Groups take down the Rs and Ds. Anything new you’d like to see?

It’s a sad, sad, sad, sad day. After a moment of silence, join Katie and Wilson at 12pm est to mourn.