So just a couple things -

Firstly, on Klain:

In summary, Klain led the effort against Ebola under Obama and criticized the federal response to Covid-19 back in February. This is what Seder liked about Klain and probably why he was picked as the Chief of Staff for Covid. No mention of his lobbying past/present or connection with private corporations. But given that he's been in politics for decades, he's probably as bad as any other corporate lobbyist/politician. So, as far as Covid is concerned, he seems like a fair choice. For everything else, he's gonna be a corporate shill.

Now on to the MSNBC stuff:

As for the MSNBC stuff, Seder goes on the channel even now and has for quite some time as an occasional guest. I don't know if you know, he used to be on actual mainstream radio. I mean, he's no outsider to the political commentary gig. That clip, specifically, was because he was subbing for Chris Hayes that day. I remember watching it live at the time. The allegation that he wants to cover Russiagate is pretty baseless. From then, to this day, he criticizes the #Resistance crowd, the impeachment, Nancy Pelosi and everyone else. He is definitely a "Lesser Evil" guy, but the only democrats he ever talks positively about are the Squad.

I mean, the reason he got basically booted from the corporate establishment was because of his fervent anti-Iraq war stance. So you really can't say he's batting for the establishment. I'm not saying he's a revolutionary, but he's not a grifter. Some of his Iraq coverage over the years -

The Insane Media Landscape Leading Up to the Iraq War

Pelosi Admits She KNEW Bush Was Lying About Iraq

Iraq: All We Did & Still Can Get Wrong (w/ Matt Duss)

The Hacks and Frauds Who Led Us Into The Iraq Invasion

Reporter Who Lied About WMDs Now Calls For Media Accountability on Iraq

Oprah Helped Sell The Iraq War. Like, A Lot.

And back during the primaries, he was dunking on Biden every week, criticizing him for everything he'd ever did. He was pretty heavily invested in Bernie.

Shocking Video Of Biden DEFENDING Iraq War Emerges

Biden Lies To Lawrence O'Donnell's Face on Iraq

Joe Biden Makes An Ass Of Himself AGAIN!

Joe Biden FORGETS Declaration of Independence During Embarrassing Speech

Biden With Maybe Worst Reparations Answer Possible

Visibly Confused Joe Biden Forgets What Office He's Running For

So I don't know why you have such a hate-boner for Seder. He's like, the one good Gen-Xer. Hasan calls him his favorite uncle. In jest, obviously. But plenty of people in the left media sphere from TYT to David Pakman are friends with Seder. And literally all his employees are far lefter than him. Jamie Peck is a pretty open communist, Michael Brooks was great on foreign policy.

And you really, really gotta watch the Jimmy Dore clips I linked earlier. They're hilarious. I can assure you, the debate between the two is so hilarious, especially in hindsight.