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In Opinion In 16 rulings in a row, the Supreme Court has ruled "against challenges to Trump and against lower courts that have ruled against Trump, in this wild streak of victories for Trump that have largely happened under the radar,” Kate Shaw says on this episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”
Today’s court ruling is what we’ve been warning about for months: Trump is unlawfully using the military to terrorize Americans, including kids and hardworking immigrants — many of whom have contributed to this country and are part of American families.
Bonta, Newsom, Breyers. Not a solution to crime, but a production of alternative reality by T.
WATCH LIVE: Gov. JB Pritzker addresses potential federal deployment to Chicago youtube.com/live/8L2BDjl...
Absolutely Earth 1 press conference. Basil said a poignant point=opioids has its own racial component.
The law is clear, whether you like it or not: Members of Congress have the right to conduct oversight of ICE facilities. No law gives Trump the power to target his chosen political enemies, like @replamonica.bsky.social, simply for doing their jobs and their duties.
For decades, we’ve been told that prosperity trickles down. But it hasn’t, it’s been sucked upward. www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
“The terror and cruelty are the point.” Illinois Gov. Pritzker says WH Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller chose a potential federal takeover in Chicago during the month of Mexican Independence Day.
Now THIS is a press conference!! THIS is how the Governor AND the Chicago Mayor made it clear this has NOTHING to do with crime, if T wants to stop guns from IN, TN, LA—red states going into ILLINOIS.
Republican governors have sent National Guard troops to Democratic-led Washington, D.C., even though cities in their states all have higher rates of violent crime than the nation’s capital. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
NEW EPISODE: Documentarian Ken Burns joins @nicollewallace.bsky.social on “The Best People,” to discuss his upcoming doc on the American Revolution and how it showed him tensions felt today mirror tension that gave birth to our nation. WATCH the full episode on YouTube: www.msnbc.com/thebestpeople
This week, Oversight Committee Dems are meeting with many of the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. We will listen to their stories and continue our work to seek justice against anyone responsible for these horrific crimes.
61% of Americans expect Trump to cut their Social Security benefits. They’re right to be worried. Trump and Republicans have already laid out their plan: cuts for seniors, tax breaks for billionaires. www.newsweek.com/social-secur...
Happy Labor Day! Today we honor the workers who built our nation and keep it moving forward. I’ll keep fighting for stronger protections, fair pay, and the dignity every American worker deserves.
Happy Labor Day!
Something that has been missing from the Trump administration’s review of the Epstein case: considering the survivors. This week, they speak out, and we should all be listening. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
We will.
In Ghislaine Maxwell’s Justice Department interview, she comes off as pathetic, loathsome, and utterly lacking in remorse. The entire operation was damage control—an attempt to exculpate President Trump from his own involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.
Trump is weaponizing federal power—and Democrats can stop it. With another funding deadline coming up, they’ve got to reject any Republican budget that fuels his chaos. indivisible.org/camp...
Activists, Democratic leaders and voters gathered in crowds large and small around the U.S. on Monday to protest the Trump administration and voice support for workers on the Labor Day holiday.
We Dems out peacefully in Fresno protesting the T administration. Word got out fast about the ICE snatching recently of a busboy at a popular lunch restaurant downtown we have all been to. So much for violent criminals. Ironically, many court employees eat there; this regime hates the law.
My late parents worked over 30 years as civilians for federal government.
This! youtube.com/shorts/IX1vw...
Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.
Most households in America’s most populous cities can afford no more than 600 square feet of living space — smaller than the average one-bedroom apartment, according to new research from apartment search website RentCafe and census data.
I lived in Hell’s Kitchen in 600 square feet in the 80s. Ugh!!!!
My civilian mother worked at the Navy Yard. Never afraid there. National Guard Troops don’t know why they are in DC.
A DOGE whistleblower revealed that employees uploaded a Social Security database—containing full names, dates of birth, and addresses of hundreds of millions of Americans— to a cloud server without “independent security or oversight," creating “enormous vulnerabilities" to hackers. trib.al/FDTWG43
Judge blocks White House from deporting Guatemalan children. Julia Ainsley has the latest
This Labor Day, we honor the workers who built our state and keep it running every day. Iowa families deserve fair wages, safe workplaces, and an economy that puts people—not billionaires—first.
Chicago mayor signs new order against potential federal crackdown. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez has the latest www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Judge Sooknanan: As I said at the start of this hearing, I got a call at 2:36 am [last night] because the government chose the wee hours of the morning on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend to execute a plan to move these children. That's why we're here.
Judge Sooknanan: And I tried to reach the government. I have been up since then..and didn't reach anyone from the government until later this morning. And the imminence that the plaintiff claimed proved true, because, in fact, those planes *were* loaded. One actually took off and was returned.
Judge Sooknanan to Ensign: And even now that the government has appeared, you're telling me that even though you think you have the authority to do this, and that what you're trying to do here is unify families, not violate the law, you need five days to respond.
Judge Sooknanan continues her monologue: And so, absent action and intervention by the court, all of those children would have been returned to Guatemala, potentially to extremely dangerous situations.
Judge Sooknanan: And again, I'm not going to force you to respond sooner, but if you need five days, my order is going to stay in place. I have done all I can to try to make a decision based on what's in front of me. The government hasn't put anything in front of me to counter plaintiff's narrative
Judge Sooknanan: I am trying to do the best I can to fulfill my obligation as an Article III judge. I appreciate you all showing up today, and I particularly appreciate the government's representation. But I'm going to put it on the record again, just so there's absolutely no ambiguity...
Nor have Black communities marched in protest to keep white Americans out of Harlem or Howard University. Yet Black men in particular are portrayed as angry, dangerous, and natural born criminals, including subtly, too often, by the mainstream media.
Sorry, but the scariest places in America aren’t Black neighborhoods, it’s towns like Vidor, where historically, Blacks (and Asians, Jews & Italians) could be lynched w/o consequences. There’s literally no equivalent the other way. Thank God these young men weren’t harmed. youtu.be/Px_P0bRkbfU?...
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This is the way
I don’t understand why I have so much Trouble napping
Use Stanford Professor Huberman method. I started it 2 weeks ago—worked for me. It’s free and easy.
NEW: In the dead of night, the Trump admin ripped vulnerable kids from their beds, attempting to return them to danger in Guatemala. We’re heartened the Court prevented this injustice. We’ll keep fighting to protect our plaintiffs & all class members until the effort is enjoined permanently.
TONIGHT AT 6: Michigan Senate candidate and doctor @abdulelsayed.bsky.social joins to discuss the chaos at the CDC and whether Trump and RFK Jr have brought it to a point-of-no-return.
TONIGHT AT 7: Congress returns this week to confront what's been hanging over them all recess: the Epstein files. @balint.house.gov joins to preview high-stakes hearings coming up with FBI Director Kash Patel and AG Pam Bondi.
Breaking News: As planes with children sat on a tarmac, a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting dozens of Guatemalan minors and demanded assurances that they would remain in shelters until a more permanent ruling.
TONIGHT AT 8: Illinois Congressional candidate @katmabu.bsky.social joins us to unpack Trump’s ongoing threats to bring the military into Chicago. Is the city prepared to fight back?
The FDA has approved new COVID-19 booster shots for this fall, but with certain limitations. MSNBC medical contributor @vinguptamd.bsky.social breaks down what the approval means and offers guidance for those considering or in need of the vaccine.
Public safety in California is on the rise. Last year, California had the second-lowest homicide rate since at least 1966, decreasing by nearly 12% overall since 2023. We're going to drive that progress forward up and down the state.
A federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting dozens of Guatemalan minors. The children’s lawyers said they would face peril if they were sent to Guatemala and that doing so would deny them due process. Follow live updates.
One of my pet peeves. NYT and others keep calling him a vaccine skeptic not a vaccine opponent.
Join us @gtconway.bsky.social youtu.be/4JIQg8mo4IU?...
Another unjust action of the administration stopped by our courts. Due process is not optional, and deporting hundreds of Guatemalan children without it is unacceptable.
Rural communities are bracing for hospital closures because of Trump’s Medicaid cuts. This isn’t abstract. It’s people’s health care. Their jobs. Their lives. Trump’s agenda is dangerous for rural America and for all of us. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
A federal appeals court has ruled that President Trump’s tariffs exceeded his authority under an emergency powers law.
Hip hip hurrah!!! Agree that this a Big, Big ruling l!
First, they wanted to fortify our schools, now our houses of worship. Anything to ignore the real problem—unfettered access to guns. We need more than “security enhancements.” We need to ban assault weapons.
Ban in CA by Feinstein and Boxer worked. I know; I clerked for the federal judge who upheld its Constitutionality.
Avelo Airlines is working with ICE and profiting from deportations while taking millions in subsidies. Avelo must cancel their ICE contract and stop profiting from deportations. @indivisible.org dropped this banner today in Georgia! Thank you to everyone who showed up (and honked!) 📸 Erik Voss
Devastating.
At 3 pm Wed., a woman was stabbed just off a busy intersection on H Street, NE. National Guard members were dining al fresco at a taqueria DIRECTLY across the street, yet the suspect got away. "So safe," a local texted us. Our postcard from an Occupied D.C.: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Ugh.
Our Labor Day MD-08 Local Heroes are Craig Becker & Ann Rosenthal. When he was General Counsel at AFL-CIO, Craig launched the Rise Up: Legal Defense Network, matching federal workers sacked by Trump & DOGE with free legal support & direction. Ann is a volunteer in the project.
NEXT WEEK: "It’s Happening with Velshi & Ruhle” LIVE on YouTube on Sept. 4. @velshi.com & @stephruhle.bsky.social answer your questions and take a look at the major stories at the intersection of business, politics & the economy. Email us your video questions TODAY: Velshiruhlequestions@msnbc.com
COMING SOON: "It’s Happening with Velshi & Ruhle” LIVE on YouTube on Sept. 4. @velshi.com & @stephruhle.bsky.social answer your questions and take a look at the major stories at the intersection of business, politics & the economy. Email us your video q's TODAY: Velshiruhlequestions@msnbc.com
And a big thank you to @anacabrera.bsky.social and her team for giving me the opportunity to step outside the news cycles and teach the world economics. Hopefully these snack-sized morsels make econ a bit more digestible.
We always listen when you talk!
One of the most important and urgent pieces I have written! contrarian.substack.com/p/our-guardr...
The future of the Federal Reserve and whether it will continue to operate as an independent institution or become subject to the whims of the White House rests largely on Lisa Cook's shoulders after she filed a lawsuit challenging her attempted dismissal by President Trump.
Dictator now. The Rubicon has already been crossed.
Saturday at 7am ET - Former CIA Director John Brennan
Correct and important distinction - us harmless cranks do not want to be associated with this guy
Say it again, Chris.
Saturday at 7am ET - @neeratanden.bsky.social & @gtconway.bsky.social
Cutting millions from mental health programs and closing the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, while blaming gun violence on mental health only distracts from the real problem: Easy access to guns.
On the one hand, Trump keeps boasting about the “respect” he commands abroad. On the other hand, France’s Macron is talking about Putin “once again” playing Trump, foreign officials are taunting the White House, and polls show Trump’s global standing in the toilet. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
One meal a day, no bathing for days: Inside the 'crisis' at one Virginia ICE field office. Senior White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports. READ MORE:
Despicable.
Yes and I’m one of the world’s foremost professional basketball players.
And I’m the Queen of Sheba, Miller.
People ask me how I stay sane when writing about this political moment is like marinating in sewage. Here is a non-exhaustive list Dogs Aa meetings Cake
Loved your audiobook. Love you.
"I have the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States," he declared. trib.al/WazrDdk
He is a dictator. The jig is up.
New York City health officials said on Friday that they had identified two city-owned sites, including Harlem Hospital, as the sources of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that had killed seven people and sickened over 100 more in recent weeks.
RK JR is useless and dangerous no-nothing.
Ed Martin is a disgraced partisan hack, rejected for U.S. Attorney by members of his OWN party. Now, Trump has installed him as a special prosecutor to go after his political enemies. Trump has turned the world’s premier law enforcement body into a political hit squad.
President Trump has terminated former Vice President Kamala Harris’s Secret Service protection, according to a letter obtained by The New York Times. The end of Harris’s protection will go into effect less than a month before she embarks on a nationwide book tour. Here is what to know.
Retribution tour: he hates black, powerful women. I take that back. He hates everybody but himself.
HAPPENING NOW: Federal hearing over Trump's effort to fire Fed Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook
Trump on defense over 'fake firings' as two top officials keep working anyway Lisa Cook, the Fed governor Trump is trying to fire, filed a lawsuit against Trump over her removal. Reverend Al Sharpton discusses with @arimelber.bsky.social
The Pentagon has released no cost estimate for the National Guard deployment in DC. However, if we use the cost/NG member deployed in 2020, our government is currently spending more than $1m/day for armed Guard troops to stand around or collect trash. Is this responsible governance?
Trump can't outrun Epstein nightmare: GOP and Dems demand files after Labor Day A bipartisan congressional duo is planning to force a House vote that would require Trump’s DOJ to release all of its Epstein documents when Congress returns. @arimelber.bsky.social is joined by Joyce Vance.
Trump just ended the century-old "de minimis" exemption, which allowed items worth less than $800 to be shipped to the country duty-free, or without having to pay any tariffs. In response, postal services from around the world have begun suspending shipments to the US www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
There goes my English Etsy Christmas card order this year. Who says this is the regime that supports Christmas?
The only reason for Emil Bove to be still showing up for Trump administration photo opps (in this photo from Trump’s D.C. takeover, peeking out at top right) is that Emil Bove understands himself to be part of the Trump administration on an ongoing basis www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/u...
"Get politics out of public health": CDC official who left over vaccine policy www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC1O...