Joining me now is Gary Kasparov. He's a Russian chess grandmaster. He's a political activist. He's a writer.Kasparov is the founder and chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative, a nonpartisan and nonprofit group dedicated to preserving democracy in the United States and around the world. He's a contributing editor at the Wall Street Journal. Uh Gary, welcome to the show.You know, all of what I speak, everything I'm warning of people about, you have lived through in Russia. You know what the the banners wi ...

When you look at and hear from all the folks that were out on the streets yesterday, young and old, white and black, from across the political spectrum, small towns and big cities, what do you think that tells you about the difference that we have now and kind of the resistance that's growing in where we started in January. It tells me uh that I'm very happy to see that because that's we need much more of it going forward because that's the only thing that people are going to the politicians are going to re ...

the massive No Kings protest that swept across all 50 states in Washington DC. Yesterday, organizers say that nearly 7 million people attended events to protest what they called President Trump's authoritarian power grabs. To put that in perspective, that's 2 million more people than the first NoKings protest back in June.People of all ages and backgrounds came out sporting costumes, waving homemade protest signs. Some of the biggest crowds were seen in Chicago, New York, LA, DC, and Boston. But crowds also ...

Yesterday, organizers say nearly 7 million people turned out for the No Kings protests in more than 2,700 cities and towns. That is 2 million more than the last No Kings protests that were held in June. The rallies come as President Trump continues to expand his authoritarian reach, attempting to militarize your cities and target people and institutions that say anything against him.But what we are seeing is a historic moment of unity and opposition to those very actions from people of all ages and backgrou ...

Political story this weekend unfolded largely beyond Washington DC with massive demonstrations at the No Kings protest. Organizers say nearly 7 million people turned out everywhere from major cities to small rural towns sending President Trump a clear message about his policies. Many Democratic politicians also took to the streets yesterday in solidarity with protesters. >> We are not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of an authoritarian takeover, but Trump has not won. Our dem ...

In Chicago, organizers say nearly a quarter of a million people flooded the streets yesterday as part of No Kings Day demonstrations. Those protests unfolded as ICE continues to intensify its operations in the city, leading to growing confrontations outside a Broadview ICE detent facility. And now, one unexpected group is feeling the effects of that conflict.Young students and teachers in Chicago. Some educators tell NBC News school attendance has dropped as families fear leaving their homes. In one inciden ...

And joining us now, journalist and author Pao Ramos. She is contributor for MSNBC and Noticia Telmundo. Also joining us is independent reporter and former Washington Post columnist my former colleague Philip Bump.Thanks so much for joining us this morning guys. It appears that the apocalypse that Republicans were predicting >> happen did not happen. Um but Paula, what what did you see yesterday on the streets.>> So I was coming back from the Rio Grand Valley. So I spent um the last week in in the valley and ...

Brian Bloomberg, Opinion, senior executive editor and an MSNBC political analyst, and Jason Stanley, professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto and the author of Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future. Gentlemen, welcome back to the weekend. Tim, the president's calling himself the chief law enforcement officer of the United States. The president is not the chief law enforcement officer of the United States.That is the attorney general. But this is the second time at ...

Millions of Americans took to the streets yesterday in no kings events across the country to protest President Trump's authoritarian power grabs. The events brought together people from all backgrounds and across the political spectrum, including at least one former White House lawyer for preser then former President Trump. Joining us now is Tai Cobb.He was a lawyer for the during the president's first term. He's evolved from managing the response to special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into allegations o ...

Pete Hgsith is already seeing fierce resistance to his new Pentagon press restrictions. Nearly all of the Pentagon press corps were forced to surrender their access to the building this week under strict new rules laid down by the defense secretary. But the Atlantic's Nancy Ysef, who covers the Pentagon, says she and her fellow journalists will quote continue to do our jobs reporting on the US military in every way we know how.While former bar Pentagon correspondent Barbara Star went even further, saying, q ...