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Rhiannon12866
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Rhiannon12866's Journal
November 30, 2023
Legal challenges surrounding voting rights in multiple states could alter the nation’s political landscape ahead of the 2024 elections. Georgia is redrawing its congressional maps after a judge ruled current maps dilute the power of Black voters. And another ruling could roll back decades of enforcement that protected minority representation. Laura Barrón-López discussed more with Janai Nelson. - Aired on 11/29/2023.[/]
How challenges to the Voting Rights Act could reshape the political landscape - PBS NewsHour
Legal challenges surrounding voting rights in multiple states could alter the nation’s political landscape ahead of the 2024 elections. Georgia is redrawing its congressional maps after a judge ruled current maps dilute the power of Black voters. And another ruling could roll back decades of enforcement that protected minority representation. Laura Barrón-López discussed more with Janai Nelson. - Aired on 11/29/2023.[/]
November 30, 2023
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has said a vote to expel Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., from Congress is expected on Friday. - Aired on 11/30/2023.
Rep. George Santos to face expulsion vote on Friday - Way Too Early - MSNBC
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has said a vote to expel Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., from Congress is expected on Friday. - Aired on 11/30/2023.
November 30, 2023
The Morning Joe panel continues to dig into Liz Cheney's new book, “Oath and Honor,” which is set to be released on Dec. 5. In the book, Cheney recounts a scene in the GOP cloakroom, before the Jan. 6 attack, where members were encouraged to sign their names on electoral vote objection sheets—pointing out the moment where Republican Congressman Mark Green (TN) said "sheepishly to no one in particular, ‘The things we do for the Orange Jesus.’" - Aired on 11/29/2023.
Liz Cheney identifies Congressman who called Trump 'Orange Jesus' in new book - Morning Joe - MSNBC
The Morning Joe panel continues to dig into Liz Cheney's new book, “Oath and Honor,” which is set to be released on Dec. 5. In the book, Cheney recounts a scene in the GOP cloakroom, before the Jan. 6 attack, where members were encouraged to sign their names on electoral vote objection sheets—pointing out the moment where Republican Congressman Mark Green (TN) said "sheepishly to no one in particular, ‘The things we do for the Orange Jesus.’" - Aired on 11/29/2023.
November 30, 2023
Donald Trump’s latest Newsweek column boasts he’ll stop inflation the moment he’s sworn in. But as one report points out, Trump’s economic policies would likely “massively increase” inflation. David Gura joins to break it all down. - Aired on 11/29/2023.
Trump's idea of the economy vs. the reality - The 11th Hour - MSNBC
Donald Trump’s latest Newsweek column boasts he’ll stop inflation the moment he’s sworn in. But as one report points out, Trump’s economic policies would likely “massively increase” inflation. David Gura joins to break it all down. - Aired on 11/29/2023.
November 30, 2023
Will this loophole let the GOP stop Black Americans from voting in the 2024 election? Thom Hartmann explains how cracks in civil rights legislation are allowing voter purges. - Aired on 11/29/2023.
Did SCOTUS Let GOP Take Away Voting Rights From Black Americans? - Thom Hartmann
Will this loophole let the GOP stop Black Americans from voting in the 2024 election? Thom Hartmann explains how cracks in civil rights legislation are allowing voter purges. - Aired on 11/29/2023.
November 30, 2023
Former Deutsche Bank executive Rosemary Vrablic testified during Trump’s civil fraud trial on the money behind the family’s businesses. Vrablic wrote in an email, “we are whale hunting” back in 2011, in reference to efforts to bring in Trump’s business. We take a look at the decades-old history between Deutsche Bank and the former president. - Aired on 11/29/2023.
Former Deutsche Bank executive testifies in Trump NY civil trial - The 11th Hour - MSNBC
Former Deutsche Bank executive Rosemary Vrablic testified during Trump’s civil fraud trial on the money behind the family’s businesses. Vrablic wrote in an email, “we are whale hunting” back in 2011, in reference to efforts to bring in Trump’s business. We take a look at the decades-old history between Deutsche Bank and the former president. - Aired on 11/29/2023.
November 30, 2023
The effects on the economy of the coronavirus pandemic were profound and continue to reverberate on a global scale even as Americans struggle to push past that difficult time. MSNBC’s Chris Hayes talks with Alex Wagner about the challenge for the Biden campaign of conveying successes in an atmosphere of economic anxiety. - Aired on 11/29/2023.
Trump spins economic fairy tale; counts on voters with short memories - Alex Wagner - MSNBC
The effects on the economy of the coronavirus pandemic were profound and continue to reverberate on a global scale even as Americans struggle to push past that difficult time. MSNBC’s Chris Hayes talks with Alex Wagner about the challenge for the Biden campaign of conveying successes in an atmosphere of economic anxiety. - Aired on 11/29/2023.
November 30, 2023
Trial lawyers Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok on this weekend’s episode of the Legal AF podcast debate whether the US Supreme Court will quash the open rebellion by Southern States federal courts and force them to throw out patently racist voting maps in violation of the Voting Rights Act. - 11/30/2023.
SECRET GOP Plan to GUT Key Law INSTANTLY Exposed, SMOKED OUT their Plan - Meidas Touch
Trial lawyers Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok on this weekend’s episode of the Legal AF podcast debate whether the US Supreme Court will quash the open rebellion by Southern States federal courts and force them to throw out patently racist voting maps in violation of the Voting Rights Act. - 11/30/2023.
November 30, 2023
November 29 - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joins MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss the need for the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote to authorize issuing subpoenas to Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo, and Robin Arkley II as part of the Committee’s Supreme Court ethics investigation.
The Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote on the authorization for Thursday, November 30.
Sen. Whitehouse and Lawrence O'Donnell Preview the Supreme Court Ethics Subpoena Battle - The Last Word - MSNBC
November 29 - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joins MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss the need for the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote to authorize issuing subpoenas to Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo, and Robin Arkley II as part of the Committee’s Supreme Court ethics investigation.
The Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote on the authorization for Thursday, November 30.
November 30, 2023
Donald Trump called on the government to “come down hard” on MSNBC and not one major broadcast news network covered it. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains why this is a product of what Brian Klaas calls the “banality of crazy.” - Aired on 11/29/2023.
Lawrence O'Donnell: Media still not ready to cover Trump after years of his lies - The Last Word - MSNBC
Donald Trump called on the government to “come down hard” on MSNBC and not one major broadcast news network covered it. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains why this is a product of what Brian Klaas calls the “banality of crazy.” - Aired on 11/29/2023.
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