Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi reflects on the life of Congressman John Lewis and discusses negotiating with the White House and Senate Republicans over the next round of coronavirus economic relief. Aired on 7/27/2020.

“It's easy to lose sight of that with day after day of charts and statistics showing the COVID fatality rate climbing up, as if we're just watching which way a colored line on a chart goes,” says Chris Hayes. “But right now we have a hostage situation. The virus is taking people hostage—every day, by the thousands.” Aired on 7/27/2020.

Seth takes a closer look at the morally and intellectually bankrupt Republican party squabbling over cutting unemployment benefits, sending secret police into American cities and whining about cartoons.


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Sen. Tom Cotton wants to keep The 1619 Project out of schools, but weirdly enough they both acknowledge that the U.S. could not have become the country it is today without slavery. We imagine Cotton’s ideal slavery lesson plan.

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Calling it the “passing of the baton,” Senator Rand Paul on Monday thanked Senator Tom Cotton for replacing him as the most hated person in the United States Senate.

Paul expressed surprise and no small amount of admiration at Cotton’s feat, telling reporters that being ousted from the most-detested perch was “something that, quite frankly, I didn’t see coming.”

“When I started attacking Dr. Fauci, I pretty much thought I had the title sewn up,” Paul said. “What I didn’t count on was that someone like Tom was going to come out of nowhere, saying slavery was necessary.”

According to Senate insiders, Cotton beat out a daunting field of competitors for Senator Paul’s crown, including Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, and Ted Cruz.

While he praised Cotton’s audacity in snatching the most-loathed mantle, Paul warned that keeping the title for the long haul is another challenge altogether.

“Becoming despised is easy—staying despised is what separates the men from the boys,” Paul said. “Having said that, I firmly believe that Tom Cotton has what it takes.”


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John Oliver discusses the human rights abuses the Uighur people are facing at the hands of the Chinese government, and why those atrocities are worth our undivided attention.

Democratic Rep. Val Demings of Florida, a top contender for Biden’s vice-president, says Trump’s racist dog-whistles about the suburbs and his deployment of federal law enforcement are “disgraceful.”

Rev. Al Sharpton addresses Trump's denial of personhood to communities of color.

Crowds honor the life and legacy of Rep. John Lewis as his casket travels over the Edmund Pettus Bridge one final time, 55 years after the civil rights icon marched for peace and was met with brutality in Selma, Alabama.




Loved Ones Remember John Lewis In Hometown Ceremony - MSNBC



John Lewis was memorialized Saturday in his hometown of Troy, Alabama, as loved ones remember the late Civil Rights icon.

It’s important to check in on your relatives, even if they often rant about Marxism on Fox News. Desi Lydic checks in with her Uncle Rudy.