While Republicans still outnumber Democrats in Sarasota County, Florida, home of the right-wing "Moms for Liberty," this year two Democratically endorsed candidates were elected and a third went to a run-off, signaling a shift in favor against culture war theatrics. Megan Tennimon, newly elected member of the Sarasota County school board, talks with Rachel Maddow about her sense of how things are changing.
Rachel Maddow examines the confusing mix of contradictory, impulsive decisions and petty tantrums that constitutes Donald Trump’s agenda. She notes that the result is an almost complete loss of U.S. allies around the world, and that only three states have a net-positive opinion of him. Even in those states, voters are handing him election losses by proxy.
The Supreme Court yesterday allowed President Trump's executive order on mail-in ballots to move forward. The order –signed in March– calls for his administration to create a list of eligible voters and directs the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail-in ballots only to people on those lists. The Supreme Court’s conservative majority didn’t decide on the legality of the executive order; it ruled that 23 states who sued did not have the legal right to challenge the order because the states could not show that there was sufficient harm by voting rules that had not yet taken effect. The Morning Joe panel breaks down the decision and explains why this legal fight is far from over.
Artemis Ghasemzadeh, who had escaped religious persecution, was deported to Panama under Trump’s immigration crackdown. Now, Canada has given her asylum.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz leaves the door open for a 2028 run — and doesn’t make any assurances that Vice President JD Vance will be the chosen Republican candidate. Cruz sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Ali Vitali ahead of the release of his new biography, Going Further: The Incomparable Clarence Thomas. He urged President Trump to ‘hold the line’ in Iran, dismissed Attorney General Todd Blance’s ability to make Dobbs ‘permanent’ in every state and encouraged Republicans to take the Texas Senate race seriously — and invest their money.
Way Too Early’s Ali Vitali sat down with Republican Senator Ted Cruz for a wide-ranging interview to discuss the midterms, the road to 2028, and his new book on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas titled, ‘Going Further: The Incomparable Clarence Thomas.’ Cruz discussed comments made earlier this month by Attorney General Todd Blanche, when he told faith leaders he is working to make the Supreme Court’s decision on Dobbs "permanent" across the country, rolling back abortion access, even in states that have laws protecting it.
