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The Supreme Court justices return to the bench Monday for their new term, and their docket is already filling up with new confrontations on President Trump’s immigration agenda, among other major cases. The term begins at a moment when the court’s public approval stands near record lows and in the shadow of a fraught relationship between Trump [...]
Rachel Maddow talks with American journalist Evan Gershkovich, author of the new book, "This Cursed Beautiful Land," about his incarceration in Russia as part of a ploy by Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate the release of a Russian assassin held in Germany, and how he treated his captivity as a reporting opportunity and a rare window on the inner workings of Russian autocracy.
In a striking interview on Erin Burnett OutFront, former Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham claimed Donald Trump envied how foreign autocrats control the media, revealing that Trump privately called the press "animals" and told Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un "you have the right idea."
Trump's justification for banning the media, building a ballroom, even tanking the economy? "National security." Sen. Richard Blumenthal joins to explain the President's new favorite excuse to get whatever he wants.
The New York Times editorial board is out with a new series tracking 12 categories of democratic erosion in the United States, highlighting the “worrisome steps” it says President Trump has taken toward undermining American democracy. Measuring on a scale from zero to 10 — with zero representing a strong, though imperfect, democracy and 10 representing a true autocracy — the board has moved one category, “manipulating the law to stay in power,” up to Level 3. The Morning Joe panel breaks down the ominous warnings from the piece as the country heads toward the November midterms and the 2028 election.
Candidates should be talking much more about not just the rule of law on principle, but the prosecution of people in practice.” On this week’s episode of The Best People, Professor and autocracy scholar Tim Snyder tells Nicolle that Democrats must promise accountability for the Trump allies and officials who have committed misdeeds. Click the related link to watch the full episode.
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Tim Snyder sees Trump’s dictatorial tendencies clearly. In a moment like this, he says, “to be radical is to be pragmatic.” Snyder sees through the myth of President Trump’s strength. “He’s not actually strong,” the “On Tyranny” author and historian tells Nicolle, likening the Commander in Chief to the smoke and mirrors that build up the image of the Wizard of Oz. “He’s not actually even that good at being corrupt.” As a scholar of autocracies and failed experiments in democracy, Snyder expresses his disappointment with the American disposition that freedom is guaranteed “because it’s America,” telling Nicolle that we make ourselves more vulnerable by assuming that this democracy will continue to thrive on its…
Evidence of President Trump’s autocratic ambitions is mounting. MS NOW’s Ari Melber examines allegations of corruption involving Trump and is joined by acclaimed novelist Gary Shteyngart and Josh Marshall, founder and editor-in-chief of Talking Points Memo. (The Beat's YouTube: https://ms.now/ari)
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The Supreme Court is bestowing new powers on a president who often behaves as an aspiring autocrat.
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Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia is seeking re-election as his country weighs questions of war and peace, of autocracy and democracy, and of subjugation and independence.
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