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NY AG James on verdict against Ticketmaster and Live Nation
MSNBC· 2026-04-16 00:06
And today is really a victor not only for those attorneys ge, but primarily for fans, for consumers and for the rule of law. It's really critically important because Live Foster engaged in this monopoly, where they focused primarily on ticket sales, where they focused on promotion, where they owned a significant number of venues and marketing as well. And so So, we are seeking divestiture to break up these two companies.It goes back to when they were first━when they first merged in 2010. There were some ter ...
‘Most fundamental right’ at risk: LDF president blasts GOP voter suppression bill
MSNBC· 2026-03-18 01:51
Under pressure from President Trump and the far right, Republican senators opened floor debate on the SAVE America Act, a bill requiring approved photo ID to vote and proof of citizenship to register. Janai Nelson, president and director-counsel of the Legal Defense Fund, joins The Weeknight to explain the legal stakes and what the measure signals ahead of the 2026 midterms. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow MS NOW is the go-to destinat ...
Janai Nelson warns Save Act Could Reshape Who Gets to Vote
MSNBC· 2026-03-16 02:05
It will be another big week of elections, this time in Illinois where voters head to the polls for Tuesday's primary, and the results could signal something bigger. In the past 13 months, Democrats have flipped 28 Republican-held state legislative seats in special elections all across the country. Republicans, however, have not flipped a single Democratic seat.That momentum could carry straight into the November midterms, and it may help explain why President Donald Trump is pressing Republicans in Congress ...
'This is a voter suppression, a voter purge bill': Senator slams 'SAVE America' Act
MSNBC· 2026-03-13 14:54
The Senate has failed for a fourth time to advance a funding bill to reopen DHS. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., joins Morning Joe to share his thoughts on the 'SAVE America' Act. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow MS NOW is the go-to destination for domestic and international breaking news, and best-in-class opinion journalism. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.ms.now/ #Trum ...
The legacy & lessons of the 1964 Freedom Summer. And what we can learn from it
MSNBC· 2026-03-08 17:46
I WANT TO SHOW YOU A picture. You've seen it before and you may recognize it even if you wish you didn't. This is a photograph taken on May 14th, 1961 in Anniston, Alabama.It's a burned out greyhound bus. It sits on the side of the road. Its windows are completely shattered, completely destroyed.Moments earlier a mob had firebombed this bus. It engulfed the bus in smoke and flames. Inside that bus were young Americans, black and white who had boarded that bus knowing that violence was likely waiting for the ...
‘Mass disenfranchisement’: The Slow, Methodical Attacks on Voting Ahead of Midterms
MSNBC· 2026-03-07 18:49
elections this year, what happened in Dallas County should worry you. It may seem like a small hiccup in one single singular county in the country. In fact, Texas itself has 250 counties.This did happen to be the biggest one. But it's a preview of the sort of voter suppression that we can likely expect in this year's primaries and midterms. Let me paint you a picture in case you weren't watching in real time.Here in Dallas County, this is interesting because we've got zero votes in on the Democratic side be ...
'Desperate': Soboroff sounds alarm on Trump’s scramble to tilt midterm math
MSNBC· 2026-02-19 01:35
I'm Jacob Soberoff in for Chris Hayes. We are two hundred 158 days away from possibly the most consequential midterm election in American history. And Donald Trump, the aspiring authoritarian in the White House, is desperately looking for ways to turn the math in his party's favor.One way to do that would be to try to add voters to his coalition. The other is to subtract voters from the equation entirely. In fact, you might have caught the Secretary of Homeland Security, Christy Noem, last week saying her d ...
Warning of Trump’s ‘fascist’ detention center plan by Trump WH vet on ‘The Beat’
MSNBC· 2026-02-19 01:19
Donald Trump's problem with trying to be an autocrat continues. And polling shows he's having trouble here. He's sagging at 39%.The immigration outrage is part of that. The L .A. Times reports all of this taking a toll WITH CRASHING TRUST IN OUR ELECTIONS, CONCERNS ABOUT MISUSE OF ICE AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENTS.30 % OF THE VOTERS THINK THAT IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS MIGHT BE AT POLLING LOCATIONS, INCLUDING THAT IS A LARGER SHARE OF MINORITY AMERICANS, AND THAT MATTERS BECAUSE THE BELIEF BY 46 % SAY OF PERFECTLY L ...
‘End the chaos!’: Democratic Whip blasts DHS tactics
MSNBC· 2026-02-13 03:01
CONGRESSWOMAN KATHRYN CLARK OF MASSACHUSETTS. CONGRESSWOMAN, WELCOME TO TO THE TABLE, SO LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. YOU LISTEN TO A LOT OF REPUBLICANS, RIGHT.YES. AND SO BY NOW YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GAUGE HOW THEY MAKE AN ARGUMENT AND WHAT THE THRUST OF THE ARGUMENT IS, MEANING THERE'S AN END GAME, THERE'S A GOAL THEY'RE TRYING TO REACH. SO WHEN YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE LAST SHUTDOWN AND THEY WERE ALL HYPED UP AND THEY WERE PRESSING AND THEY WERE THEY WERE TRYING TO BLOCK AND TACKLE DEMOCRATS INTO HAVING ...
State election officials losing trust in federal partners ahead of midterms
MSNBC· 2026-02-09 21:46
Columnist David Frch, Glenn Thrush and Sarah Fitzpatrick are still with us. Glenn, let's start with unsealing the search warrant affidavit. What might we learn or what should we learn in this search warrant.Well, we're going to learn the predicate, what it was that they were able to present in terms of evidence that convinced a pretty well-respected judge to sign off on the search. Now, look, the bar is fairly low. But let me give you a general sense as to one of the more bombshell versions of these affidav ...