Joining us now, staff writer at The Atlantic, David Graham, former press secretary to speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan, and current MSNBC political analysts Brendan Buck. Former North Dakota senator Heidi Higham and host and host of the Fast Politics podcast and MSNBC political analyst Molly Jong Fast. Brennan, I want to begin with you. What do you think of um what Donald Trump posted over the weekend? the way he talked about those protesters, the way Chip Roy is talking about them, the way Speaker Johns ...

One of the biggest days of protest against President Trump and his policies. It took place on Saturday in cities around the US. Coast to coast, people came out in droves for the No Kings rallies.In what Trump's critics view as a president acting more like a monarch than an elected official. According to organizers, nearly 7 million Americans participated in roughly 2700 marches. The largely peaceful protests come amid accusations that Trump is pushing this country toward authoritarianism or in some proteste ...

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 ...

Tonight, millions of Americans took to the streets today with one simple message for President Trump. You are not a king. Demonstrators in more than 2,500 cities and towns gathered for the No Kings events.And according to No King's Media, nearly 7 million people came out across the country today for these protests. That's 2 million more than the last No Kings protests that were held back in June. The rallies come as Trump escalates what experts warned is his authoritarian reach targeting cities, people, and ...

Joining me now is Jason Stanley, professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto, whose work focuses on authoritarianism, propaganda, free speech, and democracy. He's the author of multiple books, including Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future. Jason, um I'm actually optimistic today.I'm looking at those pictures. It's 11:00 in the morning in in New York. This thing isn't even hasn't even started.>> That's right. I mean, this is so important what's happening today. And t ...

We've been discussing the notion of bearing witness. In an era of rising authoritarianism in America, we do not have the luxury, you do not have the luxury of looking away in the face of brutality, especially if that brutality is government sanctioned. Every day, new videos are posted to social media, some of them by the administration itself, which lay bare the cruelty of the tactics used by ICE agents and federal officers deployed to America's cities.Agents are frequently seen on video being both verbally ...

Thousands of protesters are expected to come out in force this Saturday for the second batch of the no kings anti-Trump protest that's planned nationwide and Republicans are wasting no time smearing the demonstrators before they even set foot on the streets. There's Speaker Mike Johnson who has slammed the protest as a quote hate America rally that would draw the quote pro- Hamas wing and the Antifa people. Joining us now is Leia Greenberg.She's the co-founder of Indivisible, which is one of the main organi ...

For more on this, I'm joined by the friend of the show, Jason Stanley. He's a professor of philosophy and the chair in American studies at the Monk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. He's also the author of the remarkable book, Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future. Uh this is so central, Jason, to some of your work and some of your thinking that storytelling is such a powerful tool utilized by authoritarians. It is often more effective th ...

DOJ & Legal Concerns - The analysis suggests a potential disintegration of the rule of law under the current administration, pointing to authoritarianism and tyranny [1] - There are concerns about the Attorney General potentially violating her oath to the Constitution, possibly influenced by loyalty to the President [2] - The appointment of a US attorney is questioned for being unqualified and potentially illegal, which could impact the validity of prosecutions [3][4][5] - Seasoned federal prosecutors reportedly found insufficient evidence to indict Comey, leading to the lead prosecutor being replaced by a Trump loyalist who then brought the indictment [8][9] White House Dynamics & Presidential Power - The current White House lacks the experienced and independent-minded senior people who previously provided guard rails and helped the President understand limitations [10][11] - The President is perceived as feeling "unleashed" and entitled to act as he wishes, with the only concern being the speed of execution [12] - There is a concern that the President might invoke the Insurrection Act to assert control, potentially without legal restraint [18][20][21] Future Election & Transfer of Power - There is a concern that current actions could be a blueprint for more widespread use of the military to distort or subvert the 2028 election and transfer of power [23][24] Constitutional Issues & Executive Orders - The President is reportedly pushing ahead with executive orders that are likely to be challenged in the Supreme Court because they contradict the Constitution [26][27] - The birthright citizenship case is cited as an example where federal courts have blocked the President's orders because they are unconstitutional [27][28]