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Alex Wagner Tonight

English, News, 1 season, 175 episodes, 5 days, 4 hours, 34 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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'This is not going to go away': Debate rages over continued Willis role in Trump prosecution

Plus, U.S. launches strikes against Iran-affiliated militias, hitting more than 85 targets
2/3/202443 minutes, 7 seconds
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Former Trump CFO talking to prosecutors about perjury plea deal: NYT

Plus, Tantrums, weak self control cut against Trump outside the MAGA bubble
2/2/202442 minutes, 19 seconds
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House GOP turns immigration issue into political theater

Plus, Haley, shy with Trump attacks, reaches for alternative opponents
2/1/202442 minutes, 17 seconds
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GOP invents Taylor Swift conspiracy theory instead of facing reality about unpopular policies

Plus, Bad timing for Trump as court-appointed monitor flags accounting of tens of millions of dollars
1/31/202441 minutes, 6 seconds
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E. Jean Carroll jury slaps Trump with penalty big enough to hurt

Plus, 'He is damaged goods.': Gavin Newsom assesses Trump's flaws and the key issues for 2024
1/27/202442 minutes, 20 seconds
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'So pathetically weak': Newsom rips GOP abandonment of immigration deal at Trump's behest

Plus, 'Divorce is not an option': Gavin Newsom emphasizes national unity as goal in engaging Fox News
1/26/202441 minutes, 41 seconds
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'Vital piece of information': Holder encourages courts to process Trump trials quickly for voters

Plus, How Joe Biden may inadvertently sabotage Nikki Haley's chances against Donald Trump in South Carolina
1/25/202441 minutes, 55 seconds
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'The most important question of the 2024 election': Accountability for Trump remains a wild card

Plus, 'Vibes' finally begin to catch up to positive economic indicators
1/20/202442 minutes, 47 seconds
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This time he knows how to do it: Trump telegraphs intention to 'cross the line' in second term

...Plus, Trump co-defendant hopes to generate scandal to escape Georgia prosecution
1/19/202442 minutes, 32 seconds
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'Sniveling coward': Once tough-talking Republicans waste no time capitulating to Trump

Plus, Trump tempts judge's wrath with courtroom antics at E. Jean Carroll trial
1/18/202442 minutes, 11 seconds
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'A certain kind of religion': Trump's MAGA movement hijacks evangelicalism; leaves gospel behind

Plus, 'Fantastical narrative': Trump concocts DOJ, Biden conspiracy theory in new classified docs filing
1/17/202441 minutes, 53 seconds
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Evangelical leaders lose influence as followers find new savior in Trump

Plus, Trump mainstreams political violence with normalizing repetition
1/13/202442 minutes, 10 seconds
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Why the judge in Trump's fraud trial may have a heavy penalty in mind

Plus, U.S. and allies launch military strikes on Houthis in Yemen in 'major escalation'
1/12/202442 minutes, 40 seconds
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How Chris Christie dropping out changes the Republican primary race

Plus, Judge preempts Trump ploy to turn New York trial into circus
1/11/202442 minutes, 29 seconds
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Donald Trump's impeachment defense already blew up his immunity argument

New report cites Trump aides' testimony on damning new details about Trump on Jan. 6
1/10/202442 minutes, 14 seconds
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Reality gap grows in GOP as Trump pushes Big Lie; Biden emphasizes democracy

...Plus, Fox shelters deluded viewers from good Biden economic news
1/6/202441 minutes, 33 seconds
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U.S. reliability on global stage imperiled as GOP plays politics with Ukraine aid

...Plus, Right-wing broadens attacks on U.S. institutions looking to roll back social progress
1/5/202442 minutes, 28 seconds
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'Dog and pony show politics': GOP border theatrics gives Democrats opportunity for contrast

...Plus, Trump brings battered arguments to ask Supreme Court to put him back on Colorado ballot
1/4/202442 minutes, 12 seconds
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'More than a century too late': Raskin schools Republicans over 14th Amendment complaints

...Plus, Pro-Trump media bubble, supporters' delusions flummox GOP primary opponents
1/3/202442 minutes, 35 seconds
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Haley's Civil War distortions shatter 'moderate' campaign image

...Plus, Another state boots Trump off ballot over insurrection; Supreme Court involvement all but assured
12/29/202342 minutes, 59 seconds
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Biden reportedly adjusts strategy in Ukraine to strengthen defenses

...Plus, Woman faces potential prosecution after dangerous pregnancy ends in miscarriage
12/28/202342 minutes, 47 seconds
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How to understand the Supreme Court's denial of a quick decision on presidential immunity

...Plus, Reality eludes Ron DeSantis as energy builds behind Nikki Haley
12/23/20231 hour, 23 minutes, 22 seconds
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Jack Smith keeps heat on Supreme Court to deal with Trump issues quickly

...Plus, History has bad news for Trump and his hope for Supreme Court salvation
12/22/202342 minutes, 55 seconds
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New polling finds cracks in Trump's base; criminal cases making an impression

...Plus, Original records leave no question that the 14th Amendment applies to Trump
12/21/202341 minutes, 55 seconds
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Colorado Suprme Court rules Trump violated Constitution; Disqualified from being president

...Plus, Now what? Colorado secretary of state on removing Trump: 'As of now he is not a qualified candidate'
12/20/202342 minutes, 41 seconds
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'Vindicated': Jury makes strong statement for truth; Giuliani ordered to pay $148 million

...Plus, 'Just devastating': U.S. searching for stack of intelligence on Russia missing under Trump: Report
12/16/202342 minutes, 12 seconds
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Thomas's Trumpworld entanglements prompt calls for recusal in Trump Jan. 6 cases

...Plus, Reality of women and pregnancy complications leaves GOP flummoxed
12/15/202342 minutes, 2 seconds
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Trump lawyers' 'juvenile' argument tips hand on weak confidence in case

...Plus, Supreme Court takes abortion pill case, opens door to further encroaching reproductive rights
12/14/202341 minutes, 58 seconds
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'The fact is, he has no respect.': Pelosi blasts Johnson's embrace of 'no basis' impeachment

...Plus, 'Viewing their faith through the prism of politics': How Evangelicals ended up in the Trump camp
12/13/202343 minutes, 7 seconds
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Exclusive: 'The new Ellis Island': Migrant influx tests New York City's humanitarian ideals

...Plus, Sex scandalized GOP official cites Trump values as new Republican standard
12/9/202342 minutes, 46 seconds
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Trump turns his prosecution into a political prop; seeks advantage in due process

Plus, Judge allows woman imperiled by pregnancy temporary relief from Texas abortion ban
12/8/202341 minutes, 38 seconds
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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
12/7/202342 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
12/6/202343 minutes, 6 seconds
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Trump suffers two major legal losses in one day

...Plus, Congress finally rids itself of George Santos
12/2/202342 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
12/1/202342 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
11/30/202343 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
11/29/202341 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
11/23/202342 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
11/22/202341 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
11/18/202341 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' 
11/17/202342 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
11/16/202341 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
11/15/202342 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
11/10/202342 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
11/9/202341 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.
11/8/202341 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
11/4/202342 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
11/3/202342 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
11/2/202342 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
10/31/202341 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
10/27/202342 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
10/25/202342 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
10/21/202341 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
10/20/202342 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
10/19/202342 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
10/18/202342 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
10/14/20231 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
10/13/202341 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
10/12/202341 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
10/11/202342 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
10/7/202341 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
10/6/202342 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
10/5/202341 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
10/4/202341 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
9/30/202341 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
9/29/202343 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
9/28/202340 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
9/27/202343 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
9/23/202346 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')
9/22/202341 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
9/21/202341 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
9/20/202342 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'
9/16/202341 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
9/15/202342 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
9/14/202341 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'
9/13/202341 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
9/9/202341 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)
9/8/202341 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
9/7/202342 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
9/6/202341 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
9/1/202341 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
8/31/202341 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 
8/30/202340 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
8/26/202341 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.
8/25/202339 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
8/24/202337 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
8/24/202342 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
8/23/202342 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?
8/19/202335 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
8/18/202342 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
8/17/202341 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
8/16/202340 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 
8/12/202342 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
8/11/202341 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
8/10/202341 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
8/9/202341 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
8/5/202341 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
8/4/202341 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
8/3/202342 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
7/29/202341 minutes, 46 seconds
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Why Jack Smith waited until now to charge Trump for secret Iran document flaunted on tape

...Plus, 'A mobster type approach': Trump superPAC paying legal fees of co-defendants, witnesses
7/28/202341 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
7/27/202342 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
7/26/202341 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 
7/22/202341 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
7/21/202341 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
7/20/202341 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
7/19/202341 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
7/15/202340 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
7/14/202341 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
7/13/202341 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
7/12/202341 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
7/8/202342 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
7/7/202341 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
7/6/202341 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.
7/4/20231 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
7/1/202342 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
6/30/202342 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
6/29/202342 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! 
6/28/202342 minutes, 2 seconds
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Special episode: Russia in Crisis

A special Sunday evening edition of Alex Wagner Tonight
6/26/202339 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
6/24/202341 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
6/23/202342 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
6/22/202340 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
6/21/202341 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
6/17/202342 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
6/16/202341 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
6/15/202341 minutes, 55 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
6/10/202342 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.
6/9/202359 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
6/8/202342 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
6/7/202342 minutes, 6 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
6/3/202342 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
6/2/202340 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
6/1/202342 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
5/31/202341 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
5/26/202341 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
5/25/202342 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
5/24/202341 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
5/20/202341 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
5/19/202342 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
5/18/202341 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
5/17/202341 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
5/13/202342 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
5/12/202341 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
5/11/202346 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
5/10/202341 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?
5/6/202341 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
5/5/202341 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?
5/4/202341 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
5/3/202342 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'
4/29/202332 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
4/28/202341 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
4/27/202342 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'
4/26/202342 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
4/22/202342 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
4/21/202340 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
4/20/202341 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
4/19/202340 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
4/15/202341 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
4/14/202342 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
4/13/202347 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
4/12/202342 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
4/8/202341 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
4/7/202343 minutes, 31 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 
4/6/202341 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
3/30/202341 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
3/29/202342 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
3/25/202343 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
3/24/202342 minutes, 36 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
12/8/202241 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
11/4/202242 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
10/21/202241 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
9/3/202241 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
8/20/202241 minutes, 54 seconds