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Alex Wagner Tonight

English, News, 1 seasons, 188 episodes, 5 days 10 hours 57 minutes
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Alex Wagner brings an enormous breadth of reporting experience to her new show, where she’ll cover news of the day, politics, and the cultural trends shaping our country and ourselves, leaving viewers with a better understanding of what’s happening in the world.
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After House Republicans quit McCarthy, McCarthy quits Congress

...Plus, States bring accountability on Trump's fake elector scheme; Damning details exposed in Wisconsin
07/12/202342 minutes 8 seconds
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For voters missing the clues to Trump's autocratic bent, his surrogates make it clear

...Plus, Trump's past 'bad acts' come back to haunt him in federal election subversion case
06/12/202343 minutes 6 seconds
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Trump suffers two major legal losses in one day

...Plus, Congress finally rids itself of George Santos
02/12/202342 minutes 24 seconds
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Rep. Perry's central role in Trump's election scheme exposed by 'clerical error'

...Plus, Radio station fights misinformation and disinformation directed at Latino voters
01/12/202342 minutes 16 seconds
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Campaign notes sound in Trump's grasping criminal defense

...Plus, Covid's lingering shadow complicates economy and economic messaging for 2024
30/11/202343 minutes 1 second
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How a civil case against Donald Trump is delaying his federal Jan 6 prosecution

...Plus, Women harmed by Texas anti-abortion law take fight to state supreme court
29/11/202341 minutes 54 seconds
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'Completely unacceptable': Threats against subjects of Trump's ire revealed in gag order filing

...Plus, The wheels are coming off the DeSantis campaign
23/11/202342 minutes 43 seconds
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Parallel hearings expose Trump's special treatment by the courts

...Plus, 'I don't think they're irreconcilable': Bowman looks to bridge Israel/Gaza divide among constituents
22/11/202341 minutes 55 seconds
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Buckle up! Trump's solidifying legal schedule set to collide with political calendar

...Plus, Corporation's dark history with Nazi Germany prompts quick rejection of Musk's X over antisemitism
18/11/202341 minutes 46 seconds
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'On the level of Hitler and Mussolini': Biden camp slams Trump on anti-immigrant plan

...Plus, Top ethics Democrat expects Santos expulsion from Congress by 'Wednesday following Thanksgiving' 
17/11/202342 minutes 7 seconds
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Univision coziness with Trump leaves Biden camp chagrined over ad cancellation

...Plus, 'Same clown car, different driver': Speaker switch fails to improve GOP governing ability
16/11/202341 minutes 44 seconds
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Rash of childish violence flares up in Trump's Republican Party

...Plus, Biden dings Trump with release of new climate report
15/11/202342 minutes 28 seconds
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'Atrocities should not be met with atrocities': State rep. advocates for Palestinian humanity

...Plus, Legal woes take a toll: Rudy Giuliani reduced to ranting online, hawking vitamin pills
11/11/202341 minutes 53 seconds
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Manchin, third party candidates complicate 2024 with more uncertainty

...Plus, Prosecutor paints Trump as just another Jan. 6 riot defendant in new court filing
10/11/202342 minutes 8 seconds
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Republicans slowly come to realize their abortion rights disaster

...Plus, Jeffries: Democrats not paying Republican 'ransom note' to keep government open
09/11/202341 minutes 52 seconds
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Ohio voters secure abortion rights in amendment to state constitution

Live coverage of election night returns, some of which may be out of date by the time you listen to this episode, but by this hour of the night voters had made some major decisions.
08/11/202341 minutes 39 seconds
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Courts consider possible disqualification of Trump for role in Jan. 6 insurrection

...Plus, Republicans resort to lies and deception ahead of vote on popular abortion rights amendment in Ohio
04/11/202342 minutes 44 seconds
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DOJ calls out Trump defense foot-dragging strategy; implores Trump judge not to be 'manipulated'

...Plus, Senate Democrats consider subpoenas for Clarence Thomas' billionaire benefactors
03/11/202342 minutes 6 seconds
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Team Trump looking for 'different type of lawyer' to serve a second term with more loyalty: report

...Plus, Santos, 'emblem of the chaos that is the Republican-led house,' allowed to stay and lie another day
02/11/202342 minutes 21 seconds
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Legal snowball rolls over Trump as judge reinstates gag order

...Plus, A mosaic of failures: As list of pre-Oct. 7 failures grows, Netanyahu fights to shift blame
31/10/202341 minutes 13 seconds
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Lewiston manhunt: Why mental illness is not always disqualifying for gun ownership

...Plus, Hamas uses hostages as a manipulation tactic, both in their taking and their release
27/10/202342 minutes 35 seconds
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'Doom loop of crazy': Trump's destructive influence paralyzes GOP with incompatible factions

...Plus, Why the reported Mark Meadows immunity can have several interpretations
25/10/202342 minutes
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Chesebro plea deal 'meaningfully more perilous' for Trump, and likely not the last

...Plus, Release of two American hostages by Hamas offers rare glimpse of hope in painful war
21/10/202341 minutes 48 seconds
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'She's gonna be a devastating witness': Powell's guilty plea eyed for potential 'domino effect'

...Plus, Republicans struggle to ignore half the country in speaker fight; Democrats stand by
20/10/202342 minutes 21 seconds
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'This Republican Party is in ruin': Democrats consider price for bailing out floundering GOP

...Plus, Jordan bully tactics backfire, provoke threats and harassment of fellow Republicans
19/10/202342 minutes 12 seconds
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'Rollercoaster of dysfunction': GOP MAGA wing falls short again, but no alternative emerges

...Plus, 'Outraged and deeply saddened': Gaza spirals into humanitarian disaster
18/10/202342 minutes 8 seconds
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'No place to go': Gazans stuck as fodder for Hamas guerilla tactics

...Plus, Hezbollah threatens to drag war weary Lebanon into Israel-Hamas war
14/10/20231 hour 24 minutes 37 seconds
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'Wait and hope': Israeli mother waits for word of her son, abducted by Hamas

...Plus, 'Nobody is in charge.': GOP anti-government attitude backfires as governing continues to elude them
13/10/202341 minutes 54 seconds
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"We stayed silent, we held hands, we prayed.": Israeli music festival survivor's harrowing story

...Plus, Failure: Republicans unable to meet challenge of difficult days as Israel crisis intensifies
12/10/202341 minutes 52 seconds
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'Massive screw-up': Despite Israeli unity in face of Hamas terror, reckoning likely for Netanyahu

...Plus, 'Hour by hour': U.S. actively engaged with Israelis on hostage recovery
11/10/202342 minutes 22 seconds
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'We never talk about subs!': Loose lips Trump is said to have blurted U.S. secrets (again): reports

...Plus, 'Staggering deceit': Bogus Trump property valuations laid bare at fraud trial
07/10/202341 minutes 27 seconds
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Students fight to defend school against takeover by fringe religious ideology

...Plus, Republican disarray keeps Santos secure despite mounting legal trouble
06/10/202342 minutes 3 seconds
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'The Donald Trump show is over': Trump leaves court in a huff; A.G. calls out 'political stunts'

...Plus, GOP bogged down in 'pigsty of incompetence'; Democrats look for opportunities
05/10/202341 minutes 23 seconds
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Kevin McCarthy learns the hard way: 'You cannot appease the mob'

...Plus, Mute challenge: Judge hammers Trump with gag order for attacks on court staff
04/10/202341 minutes 32 seconds
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'A big deal': How a Georgia bail bondsman became the first Trump codefendant to take a plea deal

...Plus, McCarthy, marred by past broken promises, finds little sympathy among Democrats
30/09/202341 minutes 51 seconds
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'It's insane!': Buttigieg blasts 'upside down' House GOP's damaging shutdown, dithering impeachment

...Plus, 'Ass-backward imeachment': Schiff derides House GOP's empty impeachment stunt
29/09/202343 minutes 11 seconds
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'Tear off the frickin' band aid': McCaskill urges McCarthy to accept his inevitable ouster

...Plus, Trump officials ordered to account for family separations in court
28/09/202340 minutes 36 seconds
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'Devastating': Trump suffers potentially catastrophic loss in court; Judge 'furious'

...Plus, Trump's 'coded' calls for violence, tacit intimidation backfiring as judge considers gag
27/09/202343 minutes 5 seconds
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New Justice Thomas scandal points to next target of billionaires' Supreme Court influence

...Plus, Unions energized by public support as sense of rigged work system spreads; Biden to join UAW
23/09/202346 minutes 30 seconds
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Rupert Murdoch steps aside but future of Fox News remains unsettled

...Plus, 'We're in a place to win the battle': Kerry sounds hopeful note on climate (with a big 'if')
22/09/202341 minutes 11 seconds
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'These are not serious people': GOP pays the price for filling ranks with extremists

...Plus, Biden launches Climate Corps; pairs new jobs with climate, infrastructure work
21/09/202341 minutes 25 seconds
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'He will be destroyed on the stand': Trump's rhetorical tricks wear thin as evidence mounts

...Plus, Flipping Kavanaugh: What's really behind Alabama's gerrymandering gambit
20/09/202342 minutes 49 seconds
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As Trump keeps running his mouth, Jack Smith asks court to crack down

...Plus, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson decries 'discomfort' displacing 'knowledge, truth or history'
16/09/202341 minutes 45 seconds
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Trial Tetris from Hell! Judge rejects Trump slow-walking as RICO trial schedule takes shape

...Plus, A clarifying moment: United Auto Workers demand fair share from Big Three automakers
15/09/202342 minutes 2 seconds
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'Not a shred of evidence': Democrats swat down GOP's impeachment revenge mission for Trump

...Plus, Mitt Romney gives up on the Republican Party he once led
14/09/202341 minutes 10 seconds
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McCarthy backs bad-faith Biden impeachment boondoggle; GOP revisits 'Benghazi' playbook

...Plus, How to salvage American democracy from the 'tyranny of the minority'
13/09/202341 minutes 5 seconds
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'His efforts fall short.': Judge stomps on Mark Meadows' bid to take Georgia trial federal

...Plus, Unsealed report reveals the Georgia special grand juror's secret
09/09/202341 minutes 55 seconds
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Follow the money: Fracking billionaires funding anti-renewable energy propaganda cartoons

...Plus, Why the 14th Amendment could boot Trump from ballots (and why Democrats might not want it to)
08/09/202341 minutes 19 seconds
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How long does it take to put an election theft conspiracy on trial?

...Plus, Lordy, more tapes! Trump lawyer's notes add detail to lead-up to Mar-a-Lago search warrant
07/09/202342 minutes
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Trump, co-defendants scatter on strategy as legal heat intensifies

...Plus, How Biden came to grips with Trump-era radicalism while holding onto governing ideals
06/09/202341 minutes 32 seconds
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Court record shows Mark Meadows caught in a lie

...Plus, Summer of strikes shows political power available to working class allies
01/09/202341 minutes 48 seconds
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Houston school libraries turned into 'discipline centers' in 'hostile takeover' by state

...Plus, 'Insurance companies know': More people vulnerable as cost of climate disasters rises
31/08/202341 minutes 1 second
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'Toxic': DeSantis push to transform university drives out students, faculty

...Plus, 'Which country do we want to be?': U.S. faces reckoning in right-wing backlash to racial progress 
30/08/202340 minutes 44 seconds
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Georgia defendants move for speedy trials, federal trials, and severed trials

...Plus, The striking parallels between Watergate and the Georgia indictment
26/08/202341 minutes 9 seconds
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'Almost impossible': Judge in Trump Georgia case 'stress tests' legal system with limits on Trump

...Plus, Is it odd for a 'billionaire' to use a bail bondsman? Yes.
25/08/202339 minutes 53 seconds
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BONUS: “Velshi Banned Book Club”

As a bonus for listeners, we’re sharing the first episode of a new MSNBC podcast, “Velshi Banned Book Club,” an act of resistance against the epidemic of book banning. In each episode, a different author of a banned book joins Ali Velshi—including Margaret Atwood, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Laurie Halse Anderson and more—to talk about why their work is being targeted and about the literature itself. “Velshi Banned Book Club” is a series rooted in literary and cultural analysis and in the notion of reading as resistance. Listen to the first two episodes now and follow the series: https://link.chtbl.com/vbbc_fdlw
24/08/202337 minutes 45 seconds
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'Naive' Secret Service seemed oblivious to nature of Oath Keepers ahead of Jan. 6: report

...Plus, DeSantis eager to disclaim his elitist roots to curry favor with MAGA populists
24/08/202342 minutes 31 seconds
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Trump witness flipped after dumping Trump-aligned lawyer, court docs reveal

...Plus, 'Mad, mad world': Republicans make a mockery of primary debate before it even starts
23/08/202342 minutes 12 seconds
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Florida town, students fight to preserve record against state's war on Black history

...Plus, Despite years of kowtowing and sucking up to Donald Trump, he is spurning their Republican primary debate. Was it worth it?
19/08/202335 minutes 26 seconds
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GOP elites 'scared to death' being stuck with Trump going into 2024: McCaskill

...Plus, How a weird McConnell video may explain the embarassing leak of DeSantis' debate strategy
18/08/202342 minutes 1 second
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'A frightened little boy, deep down': Defendant Trump struggling with new status: Mary Trump

...Plus, Republicans in legal trouble find limit to "back the blue" stance
17/08/202341 minutes 48 seconds
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Giuliani finds himself on the wrong end of his favorite anti-Mafia tool in Georgia case

...Plus, Former Kanye publicist named in Trump Georgia case; could mean justice for election workers
16/08/202340 minutes 50 seconds
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'She knows who she is dealing with here': Judge sets limits for Trump; violation seems inevitable

...Plus, First Family scandals hardly unique to Biden 
12/08/202342 minutes 15 seconds
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'Jaw-dropping': New report details extent of billionaires' luxury gifts to Clarence Thomas

...Plus, How the history of Lahaina compounds the tragedy of the Maui fire devastation
11/08/202341 minutes 16 seconds
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Trump's Twitter habit comes back to haunt him; Here's what a search warrant might reveal

...Plus, 'His mouth has been his biggest enemy': Trump Georgia indictment could come with a gag order
10/08/202341 minutes 16 seconds
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Now it's serious: Special counsel's new focus threatens Trump's piggy bank

...Plus, Ohio voters defeat Republican proposal seen as obstacle to codifying abortion rights: AP
09/08/202341 minutes 4 seconds
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Trump's mask slips further with choice of Alabama political event

...Plus, Why a psychology curriculum can't ignore the people Republicans don't like
05/08/202341 minutes 28 seconds
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Most likely court tactic for Trump: Delay, delay, delay (and do not take the stand)

...Plus, Fani Willis indifferent to Trump's crowded court calendar
04/08/202341 minutes 39 seconds
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'I think we're going to see a lot more indictments': Michigan AG on overlap in Trump cases

...Plus, How the Ku Klux Klan Act ended up in the Donald Trump election subversion indictment
03/08/202342 minutes 49 seconds
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Why 'Employee 2' could be Donald Trump's worst nightmare

...Plus, 'Every accusation is a confession': Trump telegraphs misdeeds with wild accusations
29/07/202341 minutes 46 seconds
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Why Jack Smith waited until now to charge Trump for flaunting secret Iran document

...Plus, 'A mobster type approach': Trump superPAC paying legal fees of co-defendants, witnesses
28/07/202341 minutes 28 seconds
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'You can't lie in the court of law': Trump's Big Lie hits brick wall in court

...Plus, Pence in a panic: Ex-veep begs for 'even one dollar' in bid to make GOP debate stage
27/07/202342 minutes 3 seconds
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'The evidence is going to be significant': Trump's own words are Georgia prosecutors' best weapon

...Plus, Right-wing online group's programming approved for Florida students
26/07/202341 minutes 41 seconds
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Alabama GOP invites court smackdown; defies order to draw fair map

...Plus, Harris rips Florida going soft on slavery; DeSantis seeks GOP favor, attacks Black history 
22/07/202341 minutes 25 seconds
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'Poisoning the well': Florida middle schoolers to be dragged into DeSantis' war on history

...Plus, McCarthy burned by reported promise to placate crabby Trump by expunging impeachments
21/07/202341 minutes 55 seconds
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How to understand the statutes cited in Donald Trump's latest target letter

...Plus, Republicans insist on alternate reality at the expense of U.S. military and even democracy
20/07/202341 minutes 35 seconds
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State prosecutors begin to pick apart Trump's fake elector house of cards

...Plus, 'The very center of the entire conspiracy': Raskin hails DOJ progress in Trump probe
19/07/202341 minutes 25 seconds
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More indictments likely in Trump cases, new reporting suggests

...Plus, Civil rights dominos set to fall as conservative activists get Supreme Court's message
15/07/202340 minutes 57 seconds
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'Complete disrespect': Fran Drescher, SAG-AFTRA president, rages at media execs over impasse

...Plus, 'Clowns': GOP primary field struggles in shadow of Trump's dominance
14/07/202341 minutes 45 seconds
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As GOP works the law enforcement refs for Trump, important policing issues go fallow

...Plus, Pillow guy and Trump cohort learn election denialism is bad for business
13/07/202341 minutes 20 seconds
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'Right around the corner': Legal peril for Trump gets real as grand juries are seated

...Plus, Bittigieg calls out opponents of infrastructure bill now trying to take credit
12/07/202341 minutes 46 seconds
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Jack Smith zeroes in on the White House meeting that spawned Trump's 'will be wild!' tweet

...Plus, ...Plus, Trans candidate looks to make history as GOP is mired in anti-woke freak-out
08/07/202342 minutes 2 seconds
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Greene's attempt to play both sides of GOP split blows up in her face

...Plus, Florida suffers consequences of DeSantis political games with public health
07/07/202341 minutes 7 seconds
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Ohio voters scramble to protect abortion rights as GOP legislature invents new obstacles

...Plus, 'An absolute crisis': Maryland governor calls on pro-gun states to help curb gun violence
06/07/202341 minutes 56 seconds
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Naive emphasis on 'colorblindness' ignores racial reality in U.S.

There is no Alex Wagner Tonight on July 4th, but hopefully you will enjoy Monday night's two-house special broadcast hosted by Symone Sanders-Townsend.
04/07/20231 hour 23 minutes 56 seconds
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Report suggests Supreme Court opened door to anti-gay discrimination based on fake case

...Plus, another Republican border stunt backfires at great expense to taxpayers
01/07/202342 minutes 5 seconds
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End of affirmative action checks another box on list of long term conservative projects

...Plus, DOJ gains new cooperators as investigation of Donald Trump expands even post-indictment
30/06/202342 minutes 23 seconds
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Giuliani, at center of Trump election subversion schemes, spoke with federal prosecutors

...Plus, Once a Trump target, arc of the moral universe bends for Yusef Salaam
29/06/202342 minutes 1 second
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Why Smith scrutinized Bedminster but keeps documents case tightly focused on Florida

Plus, Happy Birthday Helena and Tali! And congratulations Matthew, Allison and Julian! We love you! 
28/06/202342 minutes 2 seconds
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Special episode: Russia in Crisis

A special Sunday evening edition of Alex Wagner Tonight
26/06/202339 minutes 21 seconds
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Internal feud boils over in Russia; Pirgozhin threatens 'march for justice'

...Plus, Smith pitches new timeline in Trump documents case with new court filings
24/06/202341 minutes 35 seconds
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Common player in recent Supreme Court scandals exposes broader project to manipulate court

...Plus, Biden walks tightrope keeping Modi close without excusing his abuses
23/06/202342 minutes 36 seconds
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Alito's excuses about billionaire's gift show poor research as well as poor judgement

...Plus, McCarthy has turned over the House to 'the crazies': Schiff derides GOP censure stunt
22/06/202340 minutes 29 seconds
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Republicans throw 'absolute fit' that DOJ isn't biased enough in their favor

...Plus, 'An ungovernable client': Chatty Trump is a defense attorney's worst nightmare
21/06/202341 minutes 46 seconds
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'Shocking': DOJ report outlines rampant abuses by Minneapolis police

...Plus, Disgraced former NYPD chief Kerik sought millions for election subversion scheme
17/06/202342 minutes 41 seconds
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GOP 'lust to be mean to fellow human beings' manifests in DeSantis, Abbott migrant stunts

...Plus, Trump shouts, 'Food for everyone!', does not buy food for anyone
16/06/202341 minutes 48 seconds
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Why the 'alarming' inexperience of the Trump judge in the classified documents case matters

Plus, 'Goldilocks documents': How to try an Espionage Act case without spilling national secrets
15/06/202341 minutes 55 seconds
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BONUS: Rachel Maddow Presents: Déjà News

As a bonus for listeners, we’re sharing a special preview of “Rachel Maddow Presents: Déjà News,” a new original podcast series from MSNBC. In each episode, Rachel Maddow and co-host Isaac-Davy Aronson seek a deeper understanding of a story in today's headlines by asking: Has anything like this ever happened before? Would knowing that help us grapple with what’s happening now… and what might happen next? Listen to the first episode now and follow the series: https://link.chtbl.com/rmpdn_fdlw
12/06/20235 minutes 11 seconds
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Unsealed indictment makes clear case against Trump

...Plus, Trump judge with sketchy track record could give DOJ cause for concern in Trump case
10/06/202342 minutes 31 seconds
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Donald Trump indicted in classified documents case

Trump was issued a summons to appear in court on Tuesday, June 13 at 3pm ET.
09/06/202359 minutes 33 seconds
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Trump's lawyers learned that he is a target of the classified documents investigation

...Plus, Republican primary field struggles with personality deficit
08/06/202342 minutes 13 seconds
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New grand jury intrigues Trump legal watchers but evidence remains Trump's biggest problem

...Plus, Despite polling near zero, Christie wants another shot at Trump
07/06/202342 minutes 6 seconds
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Special Preview: Rachel Maddow Presents: Déjà News

As a bonus for listeners, we’re sharing a preview of “Rachel Maddow Presents: Déjà News,” a new original podcast series from MSNBC.In each episode, Rachel Maddow and co-host Isaac-Davy Aronson seek a deeper understanding of a story in today's headlines by asking: Has anything like this ever happened before? Would knowing that help us grapple with what’s happening now… and what might happen next? Follow now and listen to the first episode on Monday, June 12: https://link.chtbl.com/rmpdn_fdtw
06/06/20232 minutes 18 seconds
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Complexities of a RICO case seen in wide-ranging Georgia investigation of Trump

...Plus, GOP frantic to pull political strings to get Trump out of trouble, gin up Biden scandal
03/06/202342 minutes 13 seconds
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Trump targeting of truth-tellers eyed in probe of effort to subvert election with Big Lie

...Plus, 'Our governor is a job killing moron': DeSantis immigration policy threatens state economy
02/06/202340 minutes 46 seconds
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Lordy! Special counsel reportedly has audio of Trump talking about secret document he kept

...Plus, 'Gimme a break!': Sen. Kaine vows to strip pipeline from debt ceiling deal
01/06/202342 minutes 19 seconds
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Trump's lawyers reportedly beginning to turn on each other

...Plus, Debt deal moves to next stage with McCarthy likely to rely on lots of Democratic votes
31/05/202341 minutes 35 seconds
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New reporting on documents moved at Mar-a-Lago suggests shape of case against Trump

...Plus, DeSantis attempts to redefine Trump to make room for himself on GOP's right wing
26/05/202341 minutes 58 seconds
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DeSantis faith in Musk for campaign launch results in humiliation; Trump gleeful

...Plus, a quiet Mark Meadows stirs a new stream of speculation
25/05/202342 minutes 8 seconds
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Is the special counsel poised for a Trump indictment or just 'playing with his food'?

...Plus, As legislative session ends, Texas ignores gun violence crisis for culture war issues
24/05/202341 minutes 29 seconds
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Fani Willis security precautions suggest big fish indictment

...Plus, New College class of 2023 celebrates graduation on their own terms; spurns Trumpy official speaker
20/05/202341 minutes 46 seconds
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House GOP appears to have reached 'nastiness' goal set by Gingrich

...Plus, Gun violence is top health concern among Americans: poll
19/05/202342 minutes 14 seconds
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Boosted by gerrymandering, GOP forces 12-week abortion ban on North Carolina

...Plus, GOP tries to prop up Durham report dud with attack on Adam Schiff
18/05/202341 minutes 4 seconds
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White House keeps positive face on debt ceiling despite GOP threats

...Plus, Crucial local elections take shape in Kentucky and Pennsylvania
17/05/202341 minutes 28 seconds
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White Christian Nationalism emerges from shadows of GOP politics

...Plus, Antisemitic speakers skip Trump stop on right-wing roadshow tour
13/05/202342 minutes 14 seconds
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Void in GOP leadership leaves Trump's corrupting influence intact

...Plus, Fox leans into fear mongering ahead of migrant surge
12/05/202341 minutes 31 seconds
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'Profoundly irresponsible': Ocasio-Cortez rips 'atrocious' Trump town hall

...Plus, Why Trump should be concerned about the George Santos fraud charges
11/05/202346 minutes 8 seconds
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Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse; awards Carroll $5 million

...Plus, The law catches up to George Santos with new federal charges filed
10/05/202341 minutes 17 seconds
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Georgia prosecutor transcript in fake elector case references 'the indictment'

...Plus, What can be done to fix the broken Supreme Court?
06/05/202341 minutes 33 seconds
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DOJ has cooperating witness in Trump documents case; issues 'wave of new subpoenas': NYT

...Plus, 'This is really a five alarm fire': Supreme Court in crisis after string of scandals
05/05/202341 minutes 25 seconds
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Controversial text reveals nature of Tucker Carlson's white supremacy on Fox

...Plus, Are the risks worth the rewards for Trump on GOP primary debate stage?
04/05/202341 minutes 2 seconds
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How Trump's pattern of behavior strengthens E. Jean Carroll's case against him

...Plus, what the writers strike is all about
03/05/202342 minutes 19 seconds
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Trump and allies work to water down meaning of 'insurrection' to excuse January 6 riot

...Plus, 'Exonerated Five' member wishes fair justice for Trump but recognizes 'karma'
29/04/202332 minutes 58 seconds
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Trump lawyers' disingenuous plea for help from Congress met with scorn

...Plus, Carlson firing sends Fox viewers to Newsmax in ironic reprise of election fallout
28/04/202341 minutes 39 seconds
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Trump lawyers ask Congress to save Trump from Mar-a-Lago investigation

...Plus, Right-wing tests corporations with pressure to roll back social consciousness
27/04/202342 minutes 23 seconds
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Warren rips Tuberville holding U.S. military hostage with anti-abortion agenda

...Plus, As Gorsuch joins Supreme Court scandal parade, Roberts gaslights on 'ethics principles'
26/04/202342 minutes 19 seconds
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Supreme Court keeps abortion pill legal ...for now

...Plus, Shoddy Musk management degrades Twitter as a public resource
22/04/202342 minutes 43 seconds
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Democrats get wise to standing up to GOP minority tyranny

...Plus, Lindell on the hook for $5M after losing his own bet on bogus 2020 data
21/04/202340 minutes 49 seconds
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The better Republicans get to know Ron DeSantis, the less they like him

...Plus, Some Republicans resist repeal of ban on unmarried couples living together
20/04/202341 minutes 12 seconds
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Jordan Klepper: ‘Trump needs to poop his pants’, humiliations threaten right-wing bubble

...Plus, 'Stand your ground' makes dangerous mix of guns and fear of young Black men
19/04/202340 minutes 49 seconds
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NRA boos Mike Pence; Timid non-Trump GOP candidates literally phone it in

...Plus, John Leguizamo pushes back on effort to erase Latin contributions from U.S. history
15/04/202341 minutes 20 seconds
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Trump deposed in NYAG case accusing him of 'staggering' business fraud

...Plus, Al Franken weighs in on the state of Republican politics: like a parody but not funny
14/04/202342 minutes 13 seconds
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Audio with Fox News shows Trump team privately admitted lacking evidence on Dominion claim

...Plus, Senator Raphael Warnock on defending democracy in Tennessee
13/04/202347 minutes 49 seconds
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New Bragg lawsuit brushes back House GOP's ploy to play shadow legal defense for Trump

...Plus, Republican book banning frenzy could shut down all libraries in one Texas county
12/04/202342 minutes 8 seconds
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How to understand the dueling abortion pill court rulings

...Plus, Clarence Thomas has staggeringly poor judgment for someone whose job is literally to judge things
08/04/202341 minutes 28 seconds
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Tennessee GOP expels two Black legislators; fails to remove white state rep.

...Plus, 'Ridiculous in nature': Fani Willis recognizes Trump's First Amendment rights; cautions against threats
07/04/202343 minutes 31 seconds
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Bonus: Prosecuting Donald Trump

As a bonus for listeners, we’re sharing a preview from Prosecuting Donald Trump, a new original podcast series from MSNBC.    Donald Trump became the first ex-president to be arraigned on criminal charges Tuesday. MSNBC legal analysts Andrew Weissmann and Mary McCord tell us what happened inside that Manhattan courtroom, what stood out to them in the pages of the indictment and what it all tells us about how District Attorney Alvin Bragg plans to build his case. Listen to the first three episodes now and follow the series: https://link.chtbl.com/pdt_fd
06/04/20233 minutes 48 seconds
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Trump's criminal indictment merely an early chapter in what's coming to him

...Plus, DeSantis's own book could be a casualty of his censorship crusade 
06/04/202341 minutes 27 seconds
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U.S. fights to shore up democracy as challenges persist at home and abroad

...Plus, Former Trump Org CFO Weisselberg no longer represented by Trump-funded attorneys: WNBC
30/03/202341 minutes 28 seconds
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Pence grand jury testimony would shed light on Trump's state of mind, not his own

...Plus, Florida grows more extreme in allowing vocal minority to ban ideas, books, movies, art
29/03/202342 minutes 25 seconds
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Judge orders Trump aides to testify as privilege claims crumble

...Plus, Florida student's 'discomfort' causes cancellation of civil rights class
25/03/202343 minutes 40 seconds
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Republicans abandon pretense, weaponize Congress to save Trump

...Plus, Famous statue's nakedness too much for Florida parents; principal fired over lesson
24/03/202342 minutes 36 seconds
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What the heck is going on in the Mar-a-Lago documents case?

...Plus, Don't be fooled, Trump has a lifelong fear of being arrested, our guest says
23/03/202341 minutes 57 seconds
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For Donald Trump, legal dominoes may not be finished falling

...Plus, why the GOP can't quit Trump no matter how much he disgraces himself
22/03/202342 minutes 15 seconds
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Trump camp had report debunking 'dead voter' claim as Trump spread it: WaPo

...Plus, Legislator 'accidentally' recommends Confederate flag to list of approved Florida flags
18/03/202342 minutes 41 seconds
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How Trump would react to indictment raises concern for safety of prosecutors

...Plus, Town residents lose patience with 'stolen election' deluded board 
17/03/202342 minutes 24 seconds
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Why abortion rights advocates are anxious about the judge hearing the abortion pill case

...Plus, Chinese billionaire, influential with U.S. conservatives, arrested on fraud charges
16/03/202341 minutes 47 seconds
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Trump, DeSantis leave mainstream behind in pursuit of GOP base primary voters

...Plus, Man sues ex-wife's friends in first test of Texas abortion law
15/03/202343 minutes 32 seconds
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Trump struggles to with the growing burden of his own baggage

...Plus, Crazy like a fox... if it's a crazy fox... and actually, not a fox.
11/03/202342 minutes 2 seconds
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Why the Manhattan D.A. may be poised to make history with a Trump indictment

...Plus, Biden corners Republicans with proposed budget
10/03/202341 minutes 55 seconds
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Embattled Florida parents to America: You're next if DeSantis wins!

...Plus, Fox future questioned as disgrace deepens
09/03/202342 minutes 14 seconds
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New batch of documents shows extent of Fox lies about the 2020 election

...Plus, Women denied health care during pregnancy complications sue Texas
08/03/202341 minutes 3 seconds
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CPAC highlights grifter, huckster wing of the GOP

...Plus, Medication abortion becomes new battleground in war over reproductive rights
04/03/202341 minutes 50 seconds
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New College students steadfast in defiance of DeSantis buzzwords and politicized agenda

...Plus, Tennessee legislator shocks with lynching suggestion
03/03/202341 minutes 38 seconds
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New report exposes FBI reticence ahead of Mar-a-Lago search

...Plus, Eli Lilly caps insulin price at $35 amid mounting political, competitive pressure
02/03/202341 minutes 40 seconds
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McCarthy struggles to make sense with excuses for giving security tapes to Fox

...Plus, DeSantis turns his bullying tactics on Disney
01/03/202340 minutes 56 seconds
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Single Trump judge to decide fate of abortion rights for millions of American women

...Plus, Prominent conservative lawyer shreds Pence's legal delay tactic to duck DOJ subpoena
25/02/202335 minutes 5 seconds
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Former Arizona A.G. sat on report debunking Big Lie as he continued to spread it

...Plus, What's behind the rise in America's 'extremist, mass-killing problem'
24/02/202342 minutes 24 seconds
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'Clearly a dereliction of duty of the speaker': Thompson calls out McCarthy for Fox breach

...Plus, Do we need a piece of legislation to tell us that the AR-15 is the national gun of America? Nearly every mass shooting in this country shows us that it already is. And there is almost nothing that Congress has done so far that will change that.
23/02/202342 minutes 37 seconds
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Special grand jury foreperson shares details, drops heavy hints in Georgia Trump case

...Plus, From gerrymandering to abortion rights, huge stakes in Wisconsin Supreme Court election
22/02/202342 minutes 22 seconds
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Court brief exposes Fox News fear of fickle, Trump-supporting audience

...Plus, Feds bust company using child labor to clean meatpacking plants
18/02/202342 minutes 4 seconds
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New report raises questions about indicted former FBI spy chief's Russia contacts

...Plus, did the U.S. use a $400,000 missile to shoot down a $12 school science project balloon?
17/02/202341 minutes 33 seconds
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Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows received DOJ subpoena in January: reports

...Plus, DeSantis culture war stunts provoke protest in Florida capital
16/02/202342 minutes 7 seconds
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DOJ argues crime-fraud exception to force Trump lawyer's testimony

...Plus, Outside of balloon spotlight, Chinese hacks threaten U.S. infrastructure, national security, and individual Americans
15/02/202341 minutes 27 seconds
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Trump lawyers turn over more classified material, including digital copies

...Plus, Biden orders downing of flying object over Alaska
11/02/202342 minutes
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DOJ issues subpoena to Mike Pence in Trump investigation

...Plus, Activist anti-abortion judge could end access to medication abortions in the U.S.
10/02/202341 minutes 51 seconds
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"Pride is patriotic': Gov. Wes Moore talks civic pride, Joe Biden, and impactful policy

...Plus, A race against time to rescue earthquake survivors
09/02/202341 minutes 52 seconds
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China spy balloon freak-out tailor-made for modern GOP

...Plus, Work is ongoing to help children whose lives were shattered by Trump's family separation policy
04/02/202343 minutes 15 seconds
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Barr confirms key detail in deflecting on Durham questions

...Plus, Republicans feign anti-Semitism standard to eject Rep. Omar from committee
03/02/202344 minutes 31 seconds
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Republicans bereft of ideas for how to shed Trump albatross

...Plus, If GOP wants to probe weaponization of government, start with Durham: Rep. Goldman
02/02/202343 minutes 11 seconds
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Dangers of 'elite' police units get closer look after Tyre Nichols' death

...Plus, Ron DeSantis overhauls state college to be right wing indoctrination center
01/02/202342 minutes 39 seconds
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In police treatment of Tyre Nichols, an inability to see the human being in front of them

...Plus, Nichols family focuses on Tyre's 'assignment from God'
28/01/202342 minutes 13 seconds
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New report exposes Bill Barr abuse of DOJ power with Durham probe

...Plus, Expected release of video of deadly police beating of Black motorist puts nation on edge
27/01/202341 minutes 17 seconds
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Facebook ignores risk of Trump inciting violence with lifting of ban

...Plus, Florida county officials look to re-erect Confederate monument at courthouse
26/01/202342 minutes 8 seconds
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Georgia D.A. investigating Trump says 'decisions are imminent'

...Plus, Shootings bring new terror to Asian-American community already facing racism, violence 
25/01/202342 minutes 11 seconds
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Fox News, at apex of 'ecosystem of disinformation' faces potential legal comeuppance

...Plus, Backlash  against anti-abortion laws produces new legal strategies, more secure rights
21/01/202341 minutes 49 seconds
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McCarthy plays hostage game with U.S. economy, not realizing he's also a hostage

...Plus, Santos engages in brazen hypocrisy embracing Republican anti-LGBTQ agenda
20/01/202342 minutes 34 seconds
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DeSantis culture war on U.S. history threatens to backfire on Florida higher education

...Plus, Trump chief of staff John Kelly feared Bannon bugged his office: book
19/01/202346 minutes 12 seconds
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Officials see election complaints shift from political tactic to inspiring violence

...Plus, Fossil fuel industry takes gaslighting to new level with dark money campaign
18/01/202342 minutes 3 seconds
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Politically intimidated Garland overcompensates with Biden special counsel: Hasan

...Plus, As fishy finances come into focus, Santos' lies find comfortable surroundings
14/01/202341 minutes 56 seconds
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Trapped by politics, Garland appoints special counsel for Biden documents

...Plus, Reporters follow George Santos' money in increasingly small circles
13/01/202342 minutes 6 seconds
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Republicans invent fake procedure for symbolic anti-abortion vote

...Plus, Ozone hole on course to heal after global phase out of harmful chemicals
12/01/202341 minutes 4 seconds
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How MAGA culture infected Brazilian politics

...Plus, In Trump's classified documents case, the obstruction makes the difference
11/01/202342 minutes 4 seconds
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'This is a chapter in the book': Manhattan D.A. puts Trump Org conviction in context

...Plus, Cory Booker cites gap between Republican voters and GOP electeds in midterm failures
08/12/202241 minutes 56 seconds
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Election workers become heroes and villains in midterm spotlight

...Plus, New York attorney general uses Trump's publicity stunt lawsuit against him in court
04/11/202242 minutes 17 seconds
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Election offices add protection against Trump 'stop the steal' conspiracy theorists

...Plus, Threat of abortion bans to women's health becomes reality
21/10/202241 minutes 55 seconds
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What to understand about the empty folders found at Mar-a-Lago

...Plus, Sparse precedent for Mar-a-Lago search could earn Supreme Court attention
03/09/202241 minutes 11 seconds
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Florida teachers afraid, confused as DeSantis politicizes curriculum

...Plus, Republican 'clown show' puts midterm Republican 'red wave' into question
20/08/202241 minutes 54 seconds