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Rhiannon12866
Rhiannon12866's Journal
Rhiannon12866's Journal
May 5, 2024
The biggest indictment against Trump and the MAGA movement isn't coming from a court or judge but from Trump's own people... Are they listening to their old dictator anymore? - 05/04/2024.
Trump Called For MASSIVE Protest... Why No One Showed Up - Thom Hartmann
The biggest indictment against Trump and the MAGA movement isn't coming from a court or judge but from Trump's own people... Are they listening to their old dictator anymore? - 05/04/2024.
May 5, 2024
MSNBC Legal Analyst Charles Coleman and MSNBC host and Legal Analyst Katie Phang, join The Weekend to discuss the latest revelations during the second week of testimony in Trump's hush money/election interference case. - Aired on 05/04/2024.
'Everybody has unclean hands:' Katie Phang talks about witnesses in Trump's New York criminal trial - The Weekend - MSNBC
MSNBC Legal Analyst Charles Coleman and MSNBC host and Legal Analyst Katie Phang, join The Weekend to discuss the latest revelations during the second week of testimony in Trump's hush money/election interference case. - Aired on 05/04/2024.
May 5, 2024
Quentin Fulks, Principal Deputy Campaign Manager, Biden-Harris 2024 joins The Weekend to discuss why the campaign is shortening the President’s speeches and how college protests over the war in Gaza is impacting the campaign. - Aired on 05/04/2024.
'Quality over quantity': Biden deputy campaign manager says Biden will shorten his speeches - The Weekend - MSNBC
Quentin Fulks, Principal Deputy Campaign Manager, Biden-Harris 2024 joins The Weekend to discuss why the campaign is shortening the President’s speeches and how college protests over the war in Gaza is impacting the campaign. - Aired on 05/04/2024.
May 5, 2024
Florida's six-week abortion ban has gone into effect, cutting off access to critical reproductive care for much of the south. Florida State Rep. Fentrice Driskell and Paula Avila Guillen unpack the effects of the ban. - Aired on 05/04/2024.
'Trump did this': Florida lawmaker pins abortion restrictions on the former president - The Weekend - MSNBC
Florida's six-week abortion ban has gone into effect, cutting off access to critical reproductive care for much of the south. Florida State Rep. Fentrice Driskell and Paula Avila Guillen unpack the effects of the ban. - Aired on 05/04/2024.
May 5, 2024
Donald Trump's latest threats to democracy include refusing to accept the 2024 results and agreeing to fire U.S. attorneys who won't do his bidding. Democratic strategist Basil Smikle joins The Weekend to unpack it all. - Aired on 05/04/2024.
Michael Steele calls Trump 'weak' for refusing to accept election results - The Weekend - MSNBC
Donald Trump's latest threats to democracy include refusing to accept the 2024 results and agreeing to fire U.S. attorneys who won't do his bidding. Democratic strategist Basil Smikle joins The Weekend to unpack it all. - Aired on 05/04/2024.
May 5, 2024
All evidence is not created equal. The multiple secretly recorded Michael Cohen tapes of his conversations with Trump are having an OUTSIZED IMPACT on the jury, and prove the elaborate coverup lengths Trump and Cohen took to hide Trump’s criminal tracks.
Michael Popok, a NY trial lawyer, explains the impact of the tapes on the jury and their decision whether to convict. - 05/04/2024.
SECRET RECORDINGS of Trump Could Be GAME OVER For Him at Trial - Meidas Touch
All evidence is not created equal. The multiple secretly recorded Michael Cohen tapes of his conversations with Trump are having an OUTSIZED IMPACT on the jury, and prove the elaborate coverup lengths Trump and Cohen took to hide Trump’s criminal tracks.
Michael Popok, a NY trial lawyer, explains the impact of the tapes on the jury and their decision whether to convict. - 05/04/2024.
May 5, 2024
Written using frank language and vivid descriptions of moments that are so emotionally fraught and shocking you would be forgiven for thinking they are fiction, "The Glass Castle" is a masterclass in thought-provoking memoir. It chronicles Walls' deeply abusive and dysfunctional childhood, which was constantly uprooted at the whims of her parents. Walls and her siblings faced bullying, hunger, homelessness, and sexual abuse.
Yet, where Walls could depict her parents as one-sided abusers, she doesn’t, writing, instead, with nuance, depth, and love. The book bans are "breaking my heart," says Walls. "The way to protect children is not to put them in a bubble… Give them the tools… It’s very empowering to these kids to know ‘I’m not the only one going through it.’" - Aired on 05/04/2024.
Velshi Banned Book Club: 'The Glass Castle' with Jeannette Walls - Velshi - MSNBC
Written using frank language and vivid descriptions of moments that are so emotionally fraught and shocking you would be forgiven for thinking they are fiction, "The Glass Castle" is a masterclass in thought-provoking memoir. It chronicles Walls' deeply abusive and dysfunctional childhood, which was constantly uprooted at the whims of her parents. Walls and her siblings faced bullying, hunger, homelessness, and sexual abuse.
Yet, where Walls could depict her parents as one-sided abusers, she doesn’t, writing, instead, with nuance, depth, and love. The book bans are "breaking my heart," says Walls. "The way to protect children is not to put them in a bubble… Give them the tools… It’s very empowering to these kids to know ‘I’m not the only one going through it.’" - Aired on 05/04/2024.
May 5, 2024
More than 2,000 protesters have been arrested on campuses across the country following the spread of pro-Palestinian and pro-ceasefire protests. Historically, American universities have been sites of major movements for social change, spanning from the anti-McCarthy demonstrations of the 50s to the more recent Black Lives Matter movement.
Despite this legacy, education administrators past and present have struggled to find effective responses, oftentimes resorting to heavy-handed tactics. Professors Eddie Glaude Jr. of Princeton and Karen Attiah, a current lecturer at Columbia University, join Ali Velshi to discuss schools' latest handling of campus protests and the decision to deploy law enforcement. - Aired on 05/04/2024.
Columbia prof: NYPD presence has left students feeling less safe - Velshi - MSNBC
More than 2,000 protesters have been arrested on campuses across the country following the spread of pro-Palestinian and pro-ceasefire protests. Historically, American universities have been sites of major movements for social change, spanning from the anti-McCarthy demonstrations of the 50s to the more recent Black Lives Matter movement.
Despite this legacy, education administrators past and present have struggled to find effective responses, oftentimes resorting to heavy-handed tactics. Professors Eddie Glaude Jr. of Princeton and Karen Attiah, a current lecturer at Columbia University, join Ali Velshi to discuss schools' latest handling of campus protests and the decision to deploy law enforcement. - Aired on 05/04/2024.
May 5, 2024
Before Florida’s six week ban went into effect last week, Florida was one of the last places in the southeast United States where a person could get an abortion at all. Now, depending on how advanced their pregnancy is, a person seeking an abortion will have to travel as far as Kansas or Virginia to get the care they need.
But law professor and historian Mary Ziegler warns that the anti-abortion movement aims for sweeping, nationwide bans. ‘The ultimate goal for the anti abortion movement is to have the conservative US supreme court say essentially that fetuses are persons under the 14th amendment in the federal constitution’ says Ziegler. - Aired on 05/04/2024.
Post-Roe dystopia is here - Velshi - MSNBC
Before Florida’s six week ban went into effect last week, Florida was one of the last places in the southeast United States where a person could get an abortion at all. Now, depending on how advanced their pregnancy is, a person seeking an abortion will have to travel as far as Kansas or Virginia to get the care they need.
But law professor and historian Mary Ziegler warns that the anti-abortion movement aims for sweeping, nationwide bans. ‘The ultimate goal for the anti abortion movement is to have the conservative US supreme court say essentially that fetuses are persons under the 14th amendment in the federal constitution’ says Ziegler. - Aired on 05/04/2024.
May 5, 2024
A new interview with Time Magazine paints a disturbing picture of what a second Trump term could look like.
Norm Ornstein, senior fellow emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Ali Velshi to discuss the most alarming revelations from the interview, why outright statements about his plans to misuse federal power are so unusual, and the challenges it poses for the media covering Trump and Biden this election cycle. "If Joe Biden said even a quarter of this, it would be glaring DEFCON 1 for everyone,” Ornstein says. - Aired on 05/04/2024.
Ornstein: Trump's second term plans make it impossible to treat this like a 'typical' election - Velshi - MSNBC
A new interview with Time Magazine paints a disturbing picture of what a second Trump term could look like.
Norm Ornstein, senior fellow emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute, joins Ali Velshi to discuss the most alarming revelations from the interview, why outright statements about his plans to misuse federal power are so unusual, and the challenges it poses for the media covering Trump and Biden this election cycle. "If Joe Biden said even a quarter of this, it would be glaring DEFCON 1 for everyone,” Ornstein says. - Aired on 05/04/2024.
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