I wonder how you are feeling. You were running this race. You have now handed the baton to California.What's going through your mind as you watch those remarks. >> I am so elated and grateful for the state of California, the legislature for stepping up to the challenge. You know, every uh we are seeing this demise of our democracy day by day.A and Trump has no uh he's trying to burn America down. And so it's so refreshing to see the uh see California rise to the challenge, to meet them where they are, which ...

We are seeing him move on at least three fronts right now to call into question the existence or the character of the 2026 elections and consolidating the power of the government all in one person. using force both performatively and practically against the population, including secret police and black site prisons and now military force against the civilian population, allying our country with dictatorships and against democracies, defying or ignoring court orders. Like, this is the story of Trump's second ...

I think we became a little bit complacent over the years. We assumed that things would continue to get better, that our democracy would become more inclusive, that it would become more fair. What we forgot is that history doesn't always move in a straight line, and it's not always two steps forward and another two steps forward.Precious democracy that we've got is not a given. It's not self-executing. It requires us to fight for it.President Obama there encouraging Texas Democrats to keep fighting against g ...

After leaving the state in protest of the Republican redistricting plan for two weeks, Texas Democrats plan to return home Monday as Governor Greg Abbott has called yet another special session of the state legislature. But the nationwide redistricting fight is far from over. Late last night, California Democrats released proposed maps that would likely flip five Republican held seats, giving Democrats 48 of the state's 52 districts, up from 43.It's a direct counter to Republican gains in Texas. State lawmak ...

And joining us now is Texas State Representative Maha Pa. She is the vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus and one of the members who had fled the state. Uh, Representative, thanks for being here.You and your fellow Democrats have laid out some conditions for returning home, including ending that special session and allowing time for California to introduce its own maps. So, those two things happen, but at the end of the day, the governor is calling another special session. The redistricting plans movin ...

Let's bring in NBC's Peter Alexander in Anchorage. That is, of course, where the summit will be taking place. And with me here in studio, independent journalist Philip Bump. Richard Stangle served as under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs under President Obama. And retired Army Colonel Jack Jacobs is a Medal of Honor recipient and an MSNBC military analyst. Gentlemen, welcome all. Um, Peter, you first. What more can you tell us about how this is all going to unfold tomorrow? Well, ...

The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now. Hey, Lawrence. >> Hey, Jen.Uh, Gavin Newsome really had a day today finally showing just just how much power uh he and California has in our politics. >> He certainly did. And and two things struck me.One, he delivered on what he said he was going to do in the letter to Trump just a few days ago. And the second is he's still doing it in a Democratic way. the people of California are voting on it in November. So, it is not like the backroom weird deal g ...

Californians hate gerrymandering. Yes, we do. Do the American people hate gerrymandering.Yes, we do. And we absolutely should. That's not what this is about.This is about whether we will let the authoritarian in the White House break our democracy while we sit silent. >> I thought that was a very effective argument. Talk to us about the timeline here.What is going to happen next week in the California State Legislature. >> We're going to move with the urgency that the people of California are demanding from ...

Today is Liberation Day in the state of California. And as Senator Schiff said, as Senator Schiff said, Donald Trump, you have poked the bear and we will punch back. And here we are an open and plain sight before one vote is cast in the 2026 midterm election.And here he is once again trying to rig the system. He doesn't play by a different set of rules. He doesn't believe in the rules.And as a consequence, we need to disabuse ourselves >> of the way things have been done. >> It's not good enough to just hol ...

Joining me now is Democratic Senator from Connecticut, Chris Murphy. Uh, Senator Murphy, thank you so much for being here with me. There's a lot I want to talk to you about.I just want to start with I kind of just gave my overview of what I see as this dictator, aspiring dictator. When did we just start calling him a dictator. um actions that include everything from this effort to militarize our nation's streets, including the city that you and I spend a lot of time in to um go after private sector companie ...