Krystal Ball

Krystal Marie Ball born November 24 1981 is an American political commentator and media host She was previously a political candidate as well as a television host at MSNBC a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and a cohost of The Hills Rising along with Saagar Enjeti In May 2021 Ball and Enjeti announced that they were leaving the show in order to release their own independent project titled Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar Ball is a cohost with her husband Kyle Kulinski on the podcast Krystal Kyle Friends She has made guest appearances on networks such as CNN CNBC Fox News and programs including Real Time with Bill Maher Ball was the Democratic Party nominee for Congress in Virginias 1st congressional district in the 2010 election losing to Republican incumbent Rob Wittman She cohosted the MSNBC show The Cycle from June 2012 to July 2015 In May 2017 she created the Peoples House Project a political action committee working on behalf of Democratic causes