MSNBC headquarters has been swamped with panic as NBC's parent company, Comcast, plans a massive spinoff for the channel. A top executive in the network has even suggested that left-leaning MSNBC may be forced to change its name. MSNBC’s top anchors Rachel Maddow, Chris Jansing, and Katy Tur joined a meeting headed by NBCUniversal chairman Mark Lazarus. Employees at the network fearing layoffs, questioned Lazarus about whether MSNBC would need to change its name, logo and headquarters. The fears come following reports the new entity could be cut off from its parent company, NBC News, sources reveal to the New York Post. According to MSNBC insiders, the NBCUniversal chairman revealed he was unsure if the network would change its name, logo or headquarters. “Everyone is in a panic because everything is up in the air,” a source said.

Daschle Group President and COO Nathan Daschle says US President Joe Biden was unpopular with the American people for “three reasons”. “Number one, he didn’t talk about the economy,” Mr Daschle told Sky News Australia. “The second issue tied was immigration and abortion and he had zero credibility on immigration. “The third reason that he was so unpopular … the White House lost credibility with American people when they told them that he was fine. “Our White House would say you’re not seeing it right, sometimes they’d be critical … as a result … it cost them credibility points with the American public.”

Daschle Group President and COO Nathan Daschle says US President-elect Donald Trump did “better” with Latino voters than “any Republican in recent history”. “Harris only got 52 per cent of the Latino vote, traditionally Democrats need 64 per cent,” Mr Daschle told Sky News Australia. “Donald Trump got 55 per cent of Latino men … despite all the talk about immigration and the Puerto Rico jokes.”

Ukraine’s Ambassador to Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko says his country is “defending” itself against Russians who are “killing our people”. British-made Storm Shadow missiles have been used by Ukraine and fired into Russian territory for the first time, shortly after the US approved Ukraine to use long-range ATACM missiles. “We are defending ourselves,” Mr Myroshnychenko told Sky News Australia. “Russians have invaded us. “They are destroying our cities; they are killing our people.”

Deputy Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has slammed Treasurer Jim Chalmers calling him “economically illiterate”. “I don’t think Australians want to take investment advice from Jim Chalmers or Anthony Albanese,” Ms Ley told Sky News Australia. “The problem with Jim Chalmers is he’s economically illiterate and Australians are copping the bill.” Her comments come as the Treasurer is overhauling the investment mandate of the $230 billion Future Fund to drive capital into Labor’s policies including renewable energy.

Assistant Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Minister Emma McBride has commended the Labor government’s proposal of 100,000 fee-free TAFE courses, calling the scheme “important”, particularly for those located in outer suburbs and regional areas. “TAFE has always been, particularly for people in the outer suburbs in the regions, a reliable pathway to gain the skills they need and also to filling skills gaps and shortages in our community,” Ms McBride told Sky News Australia. “More than 500,000 positions have been taken up in less than two years. People are picking up courses in construction, in early childhood education, in the care economy. “Labor has committed to funding these places.”

Independent Analyst Evan Lucas has reacted to Victoria falling below Tasmania with total disposable income per capita "for the first time in history”. “The total disposable income per capita has seen Victoria fall to the second lowest – South Australia being the lowest – and Tasmania overtaking that,” Mr Lucas told Sky News Australia. “That is a staggering thing.”

Independent Analyst Evan Lucas says the Albanese government has been “asking superfunds” to “pick up” the cost of infrastructure projects. The Treasurer is expected to announce major changes to the government’s Future Fund later today. It is in a bid to assist with affordable housing, green energy and major infrastructure projects. “Mandates like this have actually been put into industrial superfunds over the last two or three years particularly, and it has been in the radar that the government has been asking superfunds to pick up particularly things like infrastructure spending,” Mr Lucas told Sky News Australia. “It will be argued as being politicised – there’s no doubt about that – but particularly considering the areas it’s been directed into, it will highlight it is not out of the norm, and it is certainly something that is happening in the industry.”

Sky News host Liz Storer, Caleb Bond and James Macpherson have reacted to Jaguar’s bizarre new car-less ad. The TV host compared the new ad campaign approach from Jaguar to other failed “woke” marketing attempts by companies like Bud Light and Gillette. “These institutions, somehow market these ideas, but it never, ever has once gone well for any company," Ms Storer said. “Why would Jaguar go for this?”

Sky News host Liz Storer claims Australia should have a “comprehensive plan” in place for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games. Her remarks come after a First Nations Cultural Centre museum has been proposed for the Olympic Games. “How about we just settle for any kind of comprehensive games at all?” Ms Storer said. “Do we even have a comprehensive plan in place yet Brisbane before we start worrying about the trimmings?”

Sky News host James Macpherson has called out a UK farm inheritance tax being introduced. “This hasn’t been thought through,” Mr Macpherson said. “If they force farmers off the land, these are farmers whose families have been farming for generations, they won’t be replaced.”

Sky News host Andrew Bolt has blasted Media Watch host Paul Barry after he blamed Jewish soccer fans for the violence seen in Amsterdam two weeks ago. Mr Bolt said the ABC should “die of shame” after the Media Watch episode. “What an utter disgrace, Media Watch host Paul Barry can't be allowed to get away with this. “Barry – like many in the media left around the world, are now rewriting this history. “The ABC claims Jews were guilty of provocations, rampaging through Amsterdam – how very sick.”

Sky News host Caleb Bond has slammed Rising Tide’s environmental protest saying they should be “stopped altogether”. “The only reason they’re going to do it is to create disruption,” Mr Bond said. “This should just be stopped altogether.”

Sky News host Chris Kenny says Joe Biden is still “mooching around” the world. Mr Kenny said Journalists “never got to ask” Joe Biden a question during his time at the G20. A video emerged of a journalist yelling out to US President Joe Biden begging him to answer questions.

Wrong Speak Publishing Founder Adam B Coleman claims the killing of a pet squirrel and racoon by New York authorities was a perfect example of “government overreach”. US authorities had seized and euthanised a New York couple’s pet squirrel called Peanut and racoon named Fred earlier this month. UFC fighter Jim Miller paid tribute to the pet squirrel during his victory speech at Madison Square Garden. “The amount of force that was used to come in there for a squirrel – different departments, judges signing off on warrants and all these types of things; it was just utterly ridiculous,” Mr Coleman told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “And for what reason? Nothing really came from it, and I believe it stemmed from one single complaint. So, you know, Peanut is just an example of government just completely overreaching.”

Former Labor senator Stephen Conroy believes the Labor Party must take “lessons” from the Democrats’ loss in the US election. “I think there are lessons that need to be learned from what happened in America,” Mr Conroy told Sky News host Paul Murray. “People are hurting and they don’t react well to a lecture about how well they’re all doing.”

Former Labor minister Graham Richardson slams Foreign Minister Penny Wong after she went against the recommendation from Australia’s mission to the United Nations and supported a UN resolution recognising Palestinian sovereignty. “I can see a very bad decision has been made,” Mr Richardson said. “She got this wrong, I think very wrong and I don’t think it does Australia any credit whatsoever.”

Former Labor senator Stephen Conroy discusses the Harris campaign spending $US1 billion on the Vice President’s failed presidential campaign, which is now $20 million in debt. “They got themselves convinced that on a couple of issues like, as an example abortion, that there’s always Republican women who are going to vote against Trump, still for the rest of the Republican team,” he told Sky News host Paul Murray. “And what the referenda in I think four of the swing states, they voted for abortion rights to be enshrined in the legislation and yet they still voted for Trump. “So, this tactic was an epic fail, and there was a lot of no effort to try and farm a vote that didn’t exist and that’s how you waste a lot of money.”

Sky News host Peta Credlin says Labor has been “caught out” as the Coalition slams the government’s actions against nuclear claiming they are making Australia an “international embarrassment”. “With nuclear power, another day it was a feature of Question Time,” Ms Credlin said. “The Coalition saying Labor is turning us into an international embarrassment … Richard Marles trying to play down the story today … Labor is caught out here.”

Sky News host Chris Kenny believes it will be an “easy campaign” for the Coalition at the next election. This comes amid criticism directed towards Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for leaving Australia and neglecting domestic politics. “It’s an easy campaign for the Coalition to run,” Mr Kenny said. “There’s not going to be a rate cut – he promised to bring them down, didn’t. He promised to bring electricity prices down, they went up. Promised to fix cost of living, it’s worse than ever.”