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EXPLAINED: Trump orders Pentagon to resume nuclear testing
MSNBC· 2025-10-31 02:57
So Trump made a major announcement about nuclear weapons testing that's making headlines. >> It had to do with others. They seem to all be nuclear testing.>> We have more nuclear weapons than anybody. We don't do testing and we've halted it years many years ago. But with others doing testing, I think it's appropriate that we do.Also, >> this essentially means that the US will begin nuclear testing for the first time in, get this, 30 years in an effort, he says, to quote, be on an equal basis with Russia and ...
Kash Patel slammed FBI jets—then used one for date night
MSNBC· 2025-10-31 02:03
Back in 2023 and 2024, when the current FBI director was working as a podcaster obsessed with cleaning up the deep state, slashing government spending, he had one specific idea about how to do that. >> Chris Ray doesn't need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacation. Maybe we ground that plane 15,000 every time it takes off.>> This is odd. >> Go take their money. Chris Ray doesn't need a private jet.We're not the guys running around on private jets. And somebody maybe in Congress should ask for how many ...
'Nonsense': House Dem. rejects Trump's call to test nuclear weapons
MSNBC· 2025-10-31 01:34
National Security & Foreign Policy Concerns - The White House is driving foreign policy decisions regarding air strikes, potentially sidelining military leaders and raising concerns about a lack of transparency and oversight [2][13] - The President's statements on nuclear weapons testing raise concerns about potentially triggering a nuclear arms race and injecting uncertainty into nuclear strategy [4][5][6] - The United States possesses a significant nuclear arsenal, with 90% of the world's nukes held by the US and Russia, highlighting the gravity of nuclear-related statements and actions [8] - There are concerns about the President's actions regarding military deployments, specifically the repositioning of a large ship away from Europe, without providing adequate oversight to Congress [13] Congressional Oversight & Political Dynamics - Some members of Congress, including Republicans, have privately expressed concerns about the legality of certain military strikes, but are hesitant to voice these concerns publicly [16] - The President's actions are perceived as undermining Congress's constitutional authority to declare war and conduct oversight [17] - Democrats in Virginia are engaging in redistricting efforts in response to similar actions by Republicans in other states [18][19][20] Nuclear Weapons Policy & Testing - The current administration's approach to nuclear weapons testing is considered imprudent and potentially dangerous, as existing systems are regularly tested and modeled without the need for live fire tests [6][11] - The Vice President's justification for potential nuclear testing is viewed as an attempt to cover for the President's ill-considered statements [12]
'Political hit job’: Marc Elias says Trump's targeting of activist groups is part of broader scheme
MSNBC· 2025-10-31 01:08
TO SUPPORT THEIR WHAT THEY'VE BEEN SAYING ABOUT THESE QUOTE UNQUOTE, LIBERAL GROUPS. IF YOU WERE ADVISING ANY GROUPS OUT THERE THAT JUST HAPPEN TO BE A BLACK LED ORGANIZATION OR ORGANIZATION THAT PERHAPS SAW A BOON OF DOLLARS POST 2020 AFTER GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE TELLING THEM RIGHT NOW. >> I'D BE TELLING THEM THIS IS A.POLITICAL HIT JOB. I MEAN, THE FACT IS, LOOK, IT'S NOT JUST THAT THEY'VE GONE AFTER AFTER. GEORGE SOROS.>> IT'S NOT. >> JUST THAT THEY INDICTED JAMES COMEY TO SHAMES JOHN B ...
Ali Velshi: From a souring economy to Epstein, Trump 'isn't fixing anything. This is gaslighting.'
MSNBC· 2025-10-31 01:08
BREAKING NEWS. DONALD TRUMP'S BIG MAD ABOUT THE TRUMP ECONOMY. AND SO THIS AFTERNOON, AS WE JUST DISCUSSED, HE ORDERED THE HEAD OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, THE PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR THAT COLLECTS AND REPORTS AMERICAN EMPLOYMENT DATA TO BE FIRED.THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE, THEY JUST REPORT THE DATA. NOW DID TRUMP DO THAT BECAUSE THE STOCK MARKET TANKED TODAY AFTER THE JOBS REPORT SHOWED AN ANEMIC 73,000 JOBS CREATED LAST MONTH. OR DID HE DO IT BECAUSE HE NEEDED YET ANOTHER OUTRAGEOUS DISTRA ...
'Unspeakable': Sanders on rising health costs and loss of SNAP benefits amid shutdown
MSNBC· 2025-10-31 00:50
Healthcare Policy & Costs - Health insurance premiums are projected to double for approximately 20 million people [1] - Some individuals may experience a tripling or quadrupling of their health insurance premiums [1] - Potential loss of health insurance for 15 million people due to cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act [1] - Studies suggest these cuts could lead to approximately 50,000 deaths annually [1] Social Safety Net - Removal of contingency funding information for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) from the Department of Agriculture website [1] - Potential elimination of SNAP benefits for over 16 million children, parents, and grandparents [1]
From Epstein to ‘indefinite deployment,’ public revolt over Trump’s ‘dumpster fire’ second term
MSNBC· 2025-10-31 00:10
Tonight, let's just start with what's actually happening. Indefinite, unending troops in the streets, military rule. If that sounds harsh, if it sounds even hyperbolic, and we all know the media sometimes can seem that way, that is the update to what Donald Trump is already doing, but what he now says quite clearly on the open he wants to continue to do, which is to have the troops in the streets through next year.So, while you can debate whether this or that city has this or that problem that could be fixe ...
HE LOST! Trump folds again in trade war, Nobel economist breakdown
MSNBC· 2025-10-31 00:09
Paul Krugman is the Nobel economist, longtime author of textbooks, New York Times columns, and now the Paul Krugman Substack, uh, where he has confronted this secondterm Trump administration with clarity and cander, the latest piece, how we lost the trade war. Uh, welcome back, professor. Uh, you're you're better at the complex economics.I, as you know, can read. So, I noticed that it says lost, not losing. Uh, let's start there.Why is this in your view factually already lost. >> Okay, think of this as a co ...
‘Unhinged social media rants’: Trump lashes out, calls for jailing of multiple former DOJ officials 
MSNBC· 2025-10-30 22:42
Whereas President Barack Obama spoke frequently about how the ark of the moral universe would ultimately bend toward justice. And for his part, President Ronald Reagan, who spoke of an America as a shining city on the hill, often said this, quote, "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction." Donald J. Trump has taken to claiming on a near daily basis that a cadre of career public servants who worked toward justice and protected the rule of law under Democratic and Republican presidents ...
‘Self inflected, manufactured crisis’: Nicolle Wallace reacts to millions set to lose SNAP benefits
MSNBC· 2025-10-30 22:32
We have been seeing historic numbers um been breaking records every day this week. >> People are starting to panic. There are people that, you know, they're only bringing in $1,000 a month or and they still have kids and they really don't know how they're going to make any. >> This year, everything's been so overwhelming. Um especially now with the EBT affecting us. Um groceries in in general are not the same as they used to be. And so it it's become too what do I do now? How how do I support and feed my ch ...