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‘A solution in search of a problem’: Trump pledges voter ID reforms by executive order
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 14:09
Instead of talking about the issue that voters say is their number one concern, the economy, President Trump spent the week repeating BASELESS CLAIMS OF VOTER FRAUD. DURING A VISIT TO GEORGIA, THE GROUND ZERO OF TRUMP'S ELECTION CONSPIRACY THEORIES, TRUMP DEVOTED LARGE PORTIONS OF A SPEECH BUILD AS HAVING A FOCUS ON THE ECONOMY, INSTEAD RELITIGATING THE 2020 ELECTION. THIS TIME HE DEFENDED THE FBI'S RAID OF A FULTON COUNTY ELECTION OFFICE SAYING DEMOCRATS QUOTE CHEATED LIKE dogs to win the election six year ...
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell - Feb. 20 | Audio Only
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 13:29
Tonight, as you know, the Supreme Court reminded the country that even the most powerful president in the world does not get to rewrite the Constitution to win an argument about economics. Tonight, Donald Trump lost, and he lost decisively, on one of the defining policies of his political identity, tariffs. For years, Trump has described tariffs as "economic magic," a way to punish foreign countries and rich Americans and fund the U.S. government all at once. He has insisted that other nations were paying u ...
The fallout: Supreme Court smacks down Trump's signature tariffs
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 12:19
We are now 255 days away from the midterm and the president's signature economic policy took a major hit today. The Supreme Court struck down most of the president's sweeping tariffs in a 6 three decision. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that Trump, quote, must identify clear congressional authorization to exercise it.But the president vowed to work around the ruling without Congress calling the justices in the majority, a disgrace to our nation and announcing a new 10 percent global tariff. Watch this. Th ...
Epstein aftermath intensifies as Trump tells Americans to move on
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 12:18
Okay, so the Supreme Court decisi today is a major blow to the admiministration, but there are still so many issues facing the president. not to talk about it. ht prefer You guessed it, Jeffrey Epstein.The nightcap is still here, so let's talk about it. Okay, it has now been three weeks since 3 million pages that were extraordinarily difficult to even sift through have been released. They're not going away, and more stories are only coming out day by day as AS WE'RE DECODING ALL OF THESE EMAILS, WHERE IS TH ...
Trump ‘lost big’ on tariff ruling in the Supreme Court, says Tribe
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 12:17
All right, today a defiant Donald Trump claimed that he could bypass the Supreme Court's decision that ruled that his use of the International Emergency Economic POWERS ACT TO IMPOSE TARIFFS WAS ILLEGAL. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE ARE METHODS, PRACTICES, STATUTES AND AUTHORITIES AS RECOGNIZED BY the entire court in this terrible decision, and also is recognized by Congress, which they refer to, that are even stronger than the IEPA tariffs available to me as president of the United TAKE A LOOK AT THE STATES ...
Velshi: 'There is hope yet for the republic' after Trump's Supreme Court loss
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 12:16
ALL RIGHT TONIGHT AS YOU KNOW THE SUSUPREME COURT REMINDED THE COUNTRY THAT EVEN THE THE MOST POWERFUL PRESIDENT IN THE WORLD DOES NOT GET TO REWRITE THE CONSTITUTION TO WIN AN ARGUMENT ABOUT ECONOMICS. TONIGHT, DONALD TRUMP LOST AND HE LOST DECISIVELY ON ONE OF THE DEFINING POLICIES OF his political identity. Tariffs.For years, Trump has described tariffs as economic magic. A way to punish foreign countries and rich Americans and fund the U .S. government all at once.He has insisted that other nations were ...
Pritzker demands REFUNDS for taxpayers who paid for Trump's unconstitutional tariffs
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 06:19
signature policy. He has a meltdown in the White House briefing room. And I just want to know what was going through your mind as you watched it all unfold today.Well, it was unhinged. I mean, watching his press conference today where he just, as you pointed out, I mean, he just fell apart about this and attacked Supreme Court justices and could not understand why he could not wield this power that he believes is his, that has now been found unconstitutional. So, and what does he do.He turns to yet another ...
Psaki: Tariffs are a tool of Trump's CORRUPTION at taxpayers' expense
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 05:11
Trump was threatening to put a 46 % tariff on Vietnam, now at the same time, the Trump family real estate business was trying to get permission to develop a $1 .5 billion new property in Vietnam. They basically wanted to build enough villas to house 35 ,000 residents, a 36-hole golf course, of course, theme parks and a commercial district. Now, the approval process for something like that in Vietnam typically takes somewhere between two and four years.But somehow, last year, the Trump family managed to get ...
Trump SPIRALS through five stages of grief after Supreme Court rejects his tariffs scheme
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 04:37
Every president has specific things they like to focus on And I worked for two, I know this, certain issues or beliefs or campaign slogans that they will go back to over and over again. But there's only one president that I know who has taken such a liking to one particular word, a single noun from the English language, which he seems to prize above all else. It's called tariffs.I said my favorite word in the whole dictionary is I said, tariff is my favorite word in the whole dictionary. I said, my favorite ...
Ex-CFPB head warns corporations will recover from tariff mania while 'the rest of us hold the bag'
MSNBC· 2026-02-21 02:00
I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOON, THEY WILL ALSO DISCOVER THAT THE AGENCY THAT PROTECTS THE SAFETY OF KIDS TOYS, THE AGENCY, MY FORMER AGENCY, THE FTC THAT BANS MARTIN THE FEDERAL RESERVE, THEY DON'T INDEPENDENT. THOSE DON'T NEED TO BE INDEPENDENT. THE ONE AGENCY THAT DOES NEED TO BE INDEPENDENT IS THE FEDERAL RESERVE.THEY DON'T BELIEVE BELIEVE IN CHECKS AND BALANCES. THEY BELIEVE IN THEIR RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS. AND, ROHIT, I DO HAVE TO SAY I SHARE IN THE PRESIDENT'S GRIEVANCE A LITTLE BIT THAT THERE WAS ...